Arcadia Avenue BOM - Now known as Marius' Rainbow Bridge BOM - Piecing Block Two

The past 48+ hours have been some of the worst of my entire life.  Early Friday morning we had to rush my cat Marius to the ER.  He had gone septic after a lifelong struggle with GI issues and we made the agonizing decision to put him down.  There is a gaping hole in our hearts and our lives right now.  The pain is almost unbearable.  In the wake of my tragedy, I forced myself to my sewing room to distract myself from my runaway, grief stricken mind.

I decided to sew my scraps together to "make" some fabric from the remnants of this project.  Here is the result after the first two blocks.

  I had gotten my triangle segments completed and trimmed and they were ready for assembly.  It was rough.  I was going through the motions like a zombie.  What is normally so relaxing and enjoyable for me was torture.  The minutes seemed like hours.  I pushed myself on because I knew doing nothing would be even more painful for me.  I was forcing myself to use quilting to help ease my pain.  Part way through completing the block I realized that I was making a rainbow quilt as my beloved little guy was waiting for me at the Rainbow Bridge.  I broke down a little, but now this quilt is for him and his memory.  I will make it to help myself process my grief and dedicate it to his memory.  By the time I got closer to finishing the block I was feeling a little better and my mind wasn't as filled with my terrible doubts.

Here is my finished Block 2.  My first block for Marius.  My love, my little star.  I miss you so much and you'll be in my heart forever.  Please wait for your brothers, your Sir and me at the Rainbow Bridge until we can join you again.  I love you baby.