Bernice Kuhar is a wonderful woman who goes to my church. In 2014, when she heard that my family was going to India to visit relatives, she asked if I would like to take some crosses that she had crocheted along with me. I said yes, not quite knowing what to expect.
Two weeks later, she gave me 50 crosses in different colors, each with a poem describing the cross as a reminder of God’s love. There was also a little holder for the cross and the poem. The whole thing was small enough to fit in a pocket.
They were a big hit at my in-laws’ nursing home. To this day, my mother- and father-in-law tell my husband and me that the crosses bring a lot of comfort to the residents and the Catholic sisters who run the home.
Bernice learned how to make the crosses when she was 10 and she continues to make them now, at 93. She makes other shapes as well—snowmen around Christmastime, baskets of flowers for Easter—but she gets a lot of requests for the crosses during Lent. She says she’s constantly amazed at the impact the crosses have on people. I’m convinced that it’s her generosity that deepens the impact.
For instructions on how to make a cross like Bernice’s, go to YouTube and search for “Pocket Cross Ministry.”
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