Now, Ruth Kephart comes to us from Pennsylvania, USA.

Ruth can be found here:

http://allpoetry.com/RuthKephart

Be sure to check out her book, For Everything There Is A Season, ISBN # 1-4241-4513-9 published 7/2006. 

It is available at barnesandnoble.com http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ISBN=1424145139&pdf=y , amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Everything-There-Season-Ruth-Kephart/dp/1424145139/ref=sr_11_1/103- , 

and can also be ordered at any bookstore nationwide

And now, here’s Ruth:

My Mother's Quilt

A worn quilt rests upon my favorite chair
Each stitch a faded memory it seems
Of days when I would watch my mother there
With quilting frame and scraps of blues and creams

She’d sew for hours on hours every day
Creating quilts for family and for friends
With time and love she seamed without delay
A throw of all her little odds and ends

Dear mother has been gone now twenty years
And I have aged with children of my own
Though death is one step closer, I’ve no fears
Of dying, loss, or simply the unknown

I hope to see my mother, soon, once more
And know, in heaven, that she waits for me
With quilting frame and cotton scraps galore
Darning her quilts for all eternity