Squish #135

Dearest Lia,

We are looking forward to the beautiful new blossom in our family tree.

Love,

Your Great Grandma Harriet
and
Your Angel Great Grandpa Irwin

Squish #134

Dear Lia,

I chose this fabric for your quilt because it is covered with my favorite flowers fuchsias. When I was a little girl there was a path in our backyard that had fuchsia bushes growing on either side. When I was your age I would walk along this path and the fuchsias were way taller than me. I imagined I was in a special hidden garden all my own.

Just before a fuchsia flower opens - it is a little closed pod that looks like it is about to burst. I know we are not supposed to get in the way of nature and rush a flower to bloom, but I found that those fuchsia pods were so tempting and fun to pop open. My wish for you is that you will appreciate those magical moments in a garden when you see a flower you've never seen before and it reminds you how every single living thing on earth (especially YOU) is unique and profoundly special.

Lia, I can't wait to walk through a fuchsia garden with you and have you help me pick out the BIGGEST PLUMPEST bloom to POP.

Love,
Your Great Aunt Kathy

Squish #133

Dear Lia,

I wish for you a safe journey to our family, a childhood full of smiles and fun, and an open heart to try new adventures.

You will always be dear to us!

With Love,

Your (mom's) cousin,
K.C.

Squish #132

Kindness in words creates confidence,
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness,
Kindness in feeling creates love.
- Loa Tzu

Best Wishes,
The Gute Family
Omaha, NE

Squish #131

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence, nor imagination, nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Best Wishes,
The Gute Family
Omaha, NE