Shea's Lavender Blanket

Well...I finally did it! After 10 long years, I finally finished Shea's lavender blanket! I wrote about it awhile back and told that when Nana-Nana got sick with cancer that I promised her that I would make Shea a lavender blanket. Shea was 2 at the time and she is 12 years old now but I finished it! The night before I was done with it, I told Shea that I felt a bit sad that I would be done soon. I wasn't sad because I loved doing it...the truth is that I didn't so much as enjoy it as I did it just to finish it! For some reason, I just felt a bit weird that it would soon be finished. Before I crocheted my last stitch, I waited for Shea to wake up and her and I tied off the last bit of yarn together! By then, I had gotten over the bit of sadness that I was feeling and it turned to this overwhelming sense of joy and accomplishment. Not only had I finished something that I set out to do (regardless how long it took me) but I kept my promise to my Nana. I've said it before...there is so much to be said about persistence! Each day when I see the white blanket that Nana crocheted for me on my bed, it brings me happiness to know that her sweet hands made it for me. I know as Shea & I see her lavender blanket on her bed that we will both not only feel my love for her and Shea but also feel Nana's love for both of us as well.