Ina Stentiford Tribute

hello
My name is Miss. mercy, i saw your profile today at www.respectance.com and became interested in you and i will like to know more about you so that i will tell you whom am i and also send to you my picture for you to see me and communicate well,Plesae i will like you to email me back at my email address at (mercys_johnson@yahoo.com) Please you mail to me will be highly appreciated and remember that colour or distance does not matter but love matters a lots in life..
Remain Bless From Yours Loved One
Miss, mercy

fifteen years ago i was a novice quilter and went by myself to a conference upstate new york to study quilting. i checked into my dorm room and opned the door to walk out of my room and the door across the hall opened and a woman said -hi my name is ina where are you from?
that moment and that woman changed my life.
to say we became friens is an understatement. to say she had an influence on me would be minimizing her impact.
in the last fifteen years we have travelled together,studied together, confided in one another but more importantly we were able to count on one another.
if i picked up the phone and called ina and said ina would you ...she said yes before i told her what i wanted or needed, and nor only for me for any quilter, friend, neighbor or acquantance. and that was the essence of ina.
she gave much more than she ever asked for. and i only wish i could go back in time and giver her more.
her striving for excellence in her work, the attention to detail and her willingness to learn and keep learning- what a talent,
as quilters and friends we travelled the world together- israel,holland, california,nevada, texas, chicago-and on many of these trips ina was in pain, and many times in a wheelchair because the walking was too difficul-and rarely if ever did she complaing not wanting to be a burden- and she never was!!
it is a comfort to me that the last place ina went before her illness overcame her was to art quilt claremont in ca. where we were surrounded by people who lover=d her and we has as ina always sais A BALL. my only comfort now is that ina is no longer suffering or in pain, i hope she is wering high heeled shoes and is dancing among the stars.and whenever i look up and see a sunset i'll be wondering if ina is up there telling the angels in charge how to arrange the colors and adding beads to the rainbow.
she will be missed ina thanks for the memoires