THE TOLEDO BLADE
Article published Thursday, March 23, 2006

This blanket gives more than warmth to a soldier

It's a homemade blanket, rolled up carefully and secured by a ribbon, with a greeting card attached:
"This blanket was made with love and hope for your recovery by Sharon Bailiff. We Americans are truly blessed to be represented and defended by outstanding individuals like you!"

For months, Ms. Bailiff has made blankets. Each one goes to a U.S. soldier wounded in Iraq.

Last fall, a letter arrived in the mailbox of her Lambertville home. It was from the head nurse of a combat support hospital somewhere in Iraq:
"One of your blankets today went to a wounded soldier [who] also lost his friends. It is heart-breaking to listen to him talk about his friends and the incident. The blanket has special meaning for him," the nurse wrote.

I read this letter in the kitchen of the Bailiff home, an alarmingly tidy room, despite the accumulated pieces of fabric waiting to be made into blankets...

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