Experience Needle-Time
Needle-Time is a fictional piece written to bring to life the magic that surrounds the love of carrying on the tradition of the needlearts from generation to generation. Join me for a new story each issue that will reflect the strong bond formed between Aunt Lilly and Molly through their special needle-time.
Last issue Molly and Aunt Lilly decided to start a new friendship with someone in need. Join us this issue as Molly and Aunt Lilly realize the importance of sharing their love for reading.
A Very Special Gift!
Molly gathered all her friends around Aunt Lilly’s craft table. Aunt Lilly prearranged the table so that each one had a sewing card, needle and Silk Mori™ threads in front of them.
When Aunt Lilly first told her that some adults don’t know how to read, Molly immediately wanted to help.
She lived to read and couldn’t imagine how empty life must be for those who couldn’t pick up a book and read it. Where would she be without having read Alice and Wonderland, White Fang, and all of Junie B’s books?
Reading taught her all about the important things in life like friendship, cultures, and adventures. She learned how someone from Colombia makes breakfast and how a wolf respects hi pack from the pages in a book.
“I don’t understand how this happens, Aunt Lilly? How can someone just skip learning how to read?”
“They don’t have the same access to good education as you do. And, then, many simply have parents who can’t read, too, so they have no one to help them at home.”
Molly’s family read together every weekend night. Her dad lit a fire and they all sat with their favorite books and read. When she was young, her parents read to her. When she learned to read, she would then read to them. This family reading time was something she thought every kid experienced.
“How can we help, Aunt Lilly?’
“We could volunteer our time and help teach them to read.”
And, so Aunt Lilly and Molly became reading tutors once a month. They partnered with a reading buddy and guided them through the words. The literacy club they volunteered for had hundreds of students seeking help. The people ranged from young to old, but their goal was a common one – to experience the world through words.
Molly stood up at the head of the craft table and asked her friends to make the most beautiful bookmarks they could. “They are going to end up in the hands of people who are going to think of them as one of the best gifts they’ve ever received.”
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