As Cindy stitches a last stitch on the quilt she'd been rushing to finish, she closes her eyes. These small stitches are a strain on her eyes, but each stitch is like an important thread in her life.

Cindy hears a small amount of commotion.  She doesn't know whether she has fallen asleep, or is about to.   But now she is wide awake.  She recognizes Shannon's whisper …and quickly puts the quilt beside the sofa.