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whenever she felt well enough.
Now Cohen brings a
completed blanket or two along
with her to doctor appointments
to give to the nurses, who hand-
deliver her blankets downstairs
to the NICU. She also donates
to the Children’s Hospital of
Michigan and gifts a blanket to
community members who have
a baby in the NICU.
“I want to pay the kindness I
received forward,” said Cohen
who has donated around 10
blankets to date and plans to
continue. “I’ve got a ton of yarn,
and I’m eagerly planning to use
it all up and make many more
blankets.”
These days, Cohen is rarely
seen without her crocheting
supplies. She takes her crochet
bag with her wherever she goes,
to appointments and even to the
playground and crochets while
she watches her son play. It takes
the busy mom a few weeks to
finish each baby blanket.
Cohen doesn’t yet put
labels on her blankets, so her
donations in the hospital are
anonymous, from a caring
stranger who had once been
in the same position. Cohen
receives heartwarming feedback
from the community members
who she’s given a blanket to; they
often rave about the blanket’s
beautiful colors and how soft
and cozy the blankets feel.
“A hospital is not a
comfortable place to be,”
reflected Cohen. “Even years
later, I’m still touched when I
think that a random stranger
created something out of love
for my son — this soft blanket
to literally feel comfort with.
There’s something about a
homemade item that says, ‘I care
about you.’ I hope my blankets
offer the same comfort and
solace to these NICU babies and
their families that we received
from ours.”
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