Kathie Eckelkamp

The main focus of my square is the Peace Quilt my fourth graders made after a peace meditation I wrote and led them in during class. They were asked to focus on a peaceful symbol throughout the meditation and ask God for help becoming a peacemaker on Earth now. The students varied their symbols. However, in the wake of 9-11, many students chose to focus on the American flag. Students in 6th-8th grade sculpted "clay prayers." One of them had the words, "One World." "Happily Ever After," is written on blue "wavy" paper because water is a repetitive symbol in my dreams. The saying came to me in a dream, reflecting we are all trying to live "Happily Ever After" in a peaceful world.