In the story The Keeping Quilt, by patricia polacco, there is a quilt made by great grandma anna. She created it hoping to pass it on through her family. She wanted her kids too someday remember her.and for her family too remember her. And she succeeded.
Early in the story, grandma anna creates the quilt. She wanted it to be passed on through her family. She thought it would be passed on.she really wanted it to. She loved the quilt and she wanted to be with it when she died.
Later in the story great grandma anna dies. She was with the quilt when she died. Then a little bit later in the story she gave it too patricia, her grand daughter. Anna really wanted patricia to have it.
In the end of the story patricia was born.