Our Interpretation

When I first decided to adopt, I joined a couple different internet adoption communities. For me, this was helpful mostly for the wealth of information and to keep up to date on the Chinese adoption process. Almost immediately, I started to see information regarding 100 Good Wishes quilts. Initially, I was not sure this was something I wanted to do...I liked the concept, but not necessarily the implementation.

What I liked: The idea of establishing a connection to people that wish/will wish Hazel well. This child may never have much information regarding her birth family, but this would be an opportunity to show her how she was surrounded by love from her forever family and friends.

What I didn't like: I was not on board with the idea of quilt swaps. If we were going to build a quilt, I wanted the squares and wishes to be from people that we know and people that Hazel would meet.

So I discussed this with my sister (Aunt Susan) who I knew I would rely on to assist with the quilt. We both agreed that we could assemble 100 squares through a combination of input from family and friends, memory squares (from important people that Hazel will never meet), milestone squares (added at key points during the adoption process) and a bit of us filling in the blanks.

And so we began...