Hi Bev in the UK. Nice to know you. It is strange how we can survive so much on our own. I love this quilting board. When my husband was forced by bad health this past summer, we lost a lot of friends. He is a minister and now I see that some were just along for the ride...to know things..Luckily I was not a person that talked about very personal things to the people I thought were my friends. But it is hard, but I have done more quilting work since joining this board then I had in the past 10 years. I am so glad that you have this also. You know with things changing and such sad things going on in our world, at least we have someome to talk to that we don't have to worry about turning against us. We will learn and enjoy our time visiting with others on here.