Where Best Friends Gather

This is our quilting area all set up before my friends arrived. I set my sewing machine table between the banquet tables and the pool table. I added another table behind mine. The pool table is now converted to a cutting table, with another cutting table at the end of the pool table. (South looking North)Two ironing boards are placed against the wall. North looking South.Birthday girl Barb is cutting her cake, as Christie and Margaret visit with Mrs. D, Jeanne, and Polly, at the end of the table. (Don't worry girls, I'll get your pictures next time!)Patty and Leslie are hard at work cutting, as Renea looks on.I feel so blessed to have my quilting friends. We all love each other, and there is such respect among all of us. We have been quilting together for about 8 years, and it has been such a blessing. I hate it when they leave. The time just goes so fast.
Friendly People, Thoughtful People

There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24

If I have learned anything during my journey on Planet Earth, it is that people need one another. The presence of other people is essential--caring people, helpful people, interesting people, friendly people, thoughtful people. These folks take the grind out of life. About the time we are tempted to think we can handle things all alone--boom! We run into some obstacle and need assistance. We discover all over again that we are not nearly as self-sufficient as we thought.

In spite of our high-tech world and efficient procedures, people remain the essential ingredient of life. When we forget that, a strange thing happens. We start treating people like inconveniences instead of assets.

(From Wisdom for the way--Wise words for Busy People by Charles R. Swindoll)