That's a very great end result: presenting a quilt to a fellow veteran. That was my calling at that time, and I presented many of them, especially during COVID times. It was emotional, but presenting them with a quilt of valour and then hearing them...and then being on the same veteran to veteran.... When I received mine, as well.... It's emotional, and it's more acceptable when you're a fellow veteran rather than a non-veteran. When they're presented by a non-veteran—a civilian—to a veteran, then they don't open as much.... A lot of veterans don't want the attention. That's what I didn't want; I didn't want the attention. I wanted it very low-key: Present it to me, and we'll have a root beer and go from there.
It meant a lot, but I saw other avenues that I needed to go down.