For as long as I can remember, the Serenity Prayer has been a favorite of my mother's. I fell in love with this chart the moment I saw it, and knew I just had to stitch it for Mom. The beauty of the forest looks much like the part of the country that I live in, with the tall pines and beautiful lupines.

As I was working on this piece, my mom seemed to get sicker and sicker. After fighting cancer twice in her life, once with radiation therapy to her abdomen, her body was giving out. Her kidneys were failing and she found out she needed to go on dialysis. The stitching of the Serenity Prayer became my prayers for her—each stitch another little prayer.

After my mom died in December 1997, this piece of stitchery came back to me. It now hangs in the front hallway in my home.

Pattern name:	Serenity Prayer
Design Firm:	Cross My Heart
Designer:	Melinda Blackman
Stitch Count:	214 x 159
Fabric:	Lugana, 25 ct. grey (I think!)
Floss:	DMC cotton
Cost:	$4.00 (US) for chart
Copyright year:	1993

Cross My Heart, Inc.
4725 Commercial Drive
Huntsville, AL 35816

Wooden frame (not shown) was purchased from Old America Store
Double matting in maroon and grey purchased from Old America Store
Coeur d'Alene, ID
I did the framing myself; laced, no glass
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
616.364.8411
Cost: $11.00

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