Connie, I just read your profile. I would love to see some of the quilts you've made for your wonderful family. However, I am quite willing to wait until you are ready to share them here. I know how to wait patiently. It was very touching to read that your granddaughter with autisum has made you a better family. We have a mother of a son with autisum in our Sunday School class and I must say her presence has made us a better SS class in the truest sense of the word. I hope you decide to go to the retreat. It took me the longest time to find a friend who is as crazy about quilting as I am, but I did not give up and I eventually found her. I did go to some events, even a Ricky Tims Super Seminar, all by myself before I found my quilting friend. Now that I've found her I go to even more events and when we have time we schedule sewing days together. I'd suggest that you go to the retreat. Take one or two of your quilts just in case the friendliness of the group makes you feel as if you want to share them. You don't have to show quilts at a show and tell. I haven't been anywhere that it's been mandatory. I just returned from a visit to Hyde Park, NY and learned a lot about a very accomplished First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. She was really a very shy person and look what all she accomplished. Her advise was to do something a little bit scary everyday. That bit of advise helped her become at home in a very big world during very difficult times. I wish you the best and I hope you keep us posted.
