Most of you who know me know that I’m a quilter. I cherish the image of a quilting bee where friends are bent over their sewing projects as they stitch quilts and share their concerns and their triumphs, effectively mending the holes in their lives. What would we ever do without our friends? As women, our friends are as essential to our worlds as breathing in and breathing out. As we trust and confide in our friends, we let them into our hearts and we grow to love each other. I love a quote by Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley that I have permanently affixed to my quilting table. It reads:
“We are all in this together. We need each other, Oh, how we need each other. Those of us who are old need you who are young. And, hopefully, you who are young need some of us who are old. It is a sociological fact that women need women. We need deep and satisfying and loyal friendships with each other. These friendships are a necessary source of sustenance. We need to renew our faith each day. We need to lock arms and help build the kingdom so that it will roll forth and fill the whole earth.” Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley
Sadly, the quilting bee reflects a time gone by, but all of our true friendships become the warm, rich blankets that we call our lives. When the sun shines and when the rains fall, we look to our friends who will always stand by us, certain that when we have even one true friend, we are never alone. I am certain that when we offer ourselves in friendship, we make a mighty contribution to God’s work and the ultimate happiness of His children.
Shawna Wilde
