Last year we lost a lot of loved ones, I found cross stitching was a way of coping for me. The green one I made for my "niece" my sister's step daughter when my brother in law passed from diabetes.
The completed yellow one I made for my ex sister in laws mom when she passed from angiosarcoma.
The two uncompleted ones are going to two of her best friends! Eventually I am going to make 3 smaller ones for her 3 children.
All of these I shocked myself with because they were all free hand with no pattern