Community connections are important even as we age. As we
age Sometimes there is a bit of a disconnect. The young folks are busy with
starting and raising their families while many seniors are for the first time
without a lot of activities.
Jessie’s mobile community service helps seniors to feel
useful and needed. Sewing is what Jessie loves, and this is Jessie’s medicine. one proverb says” a joyful heart is good
medicine” when Jessie is busy sewing and on the road visiting others is Jessie
is happy. We have and share a sense of purpose for even one hour with our
visits.
No one is too old to participate and we find something for everyone to
do. Last week we had a one woman volunteer in Paoli PA who was 102 years young and a few
days later a gentleman in Havertown PA was 101 years young. This week we worked with a group of ladies all 90+ in Rehobeth Beach DE. All of these volunteers had a willing attitude and all enjoyed our activity making bags for others.
The Bible at Psalms 92 verse 14 says Even in old age they will still be thriving; They will remain vigorous and fresh. Jessie and I see the truth in this when we work with the senior volunteers.
Sometimes we will count how much work has been accomplished
during our time together. During a recent visit to a memory care location we re-purposed
and up-cycled 400 fabric scraps into tags which will be used on our bags. We are
not just filling time with busy work we are creating something useful.
I
appreciate the help keeping Jessie with things to sew. The pieces of the
fabrics are like pieces of a puzzle we put them together. one of Jessie’s Bags
is like a mini quilt , it may have been pieced together and created in several
senior communities by several people it
comes together to become something beautiful. We are all connected in our caring;
we are all connected in our sharing. One bible verse says there is more
happiness in giving than in receiving. We are all happy to give the breast
cancer survivors our bags. Anyone who receives one of Jessie’s Bags knows there
is love sewn into Jessie’s handmade bags.
Instagram to see the pictures #jessiesbagsontheroad
A joyful heart is
good medicine…@ Jessie’s Bags.
If you would like to add a piece to our quilt and become
part of Jessie’s community of bag makers …
Contact: Jessie &
her daughter Joanne
302-345-6709
Facebook Jessie’s Bags LLC.
Jessiesbags.com
