Hello everyone! Something wonderful happened late this summer or early fall. I have a "quilting sister" who I "met" in her quilting yahoo group about 10 years ago. She lives in Ohio and I live in central New York State. She and her hubby were going to take a trip to Niagara Falls on the Canadian side and they made a huge detour to come and see us here. We were supposed to meet in a restaraunt next to a craft store. We both were early so we ended up meeting inside the craft store! People must have thought we were crazy two grown women hugging and hugging in the middle of the store aisle. Then we all four started talking at once and we changed out mind about the restaurant and found a small quiet Italian place with an excellent atmosphere, awesome food and wonderful service. Once we finished dinner we went back to their hotel room ( we drove about 30 miles or so to meet up with them) and we talked and chatted like we grew up together! Her hubby and my Maurice got along famously too. It was such an awesome experience I just had to share! I finally figured out how to download the pictures from my phone and though they are fuzzy I think you'll see we all had a wonderful time! Her Name is Dottie and we talked for hours as if we'd done this a million times! If you ever have the opportunity to actually meet an online friend just go for it! I am on the right and Dottie is on the left in the first photo and her hubby John(aka Willy) is on the left and Maurice is on the right in the bottom photo. Maurice said we even look like we could pass for sisters! This was the best part of all of 2016 for us and we're already thinking about getting together again this summer. It's hard to believe we've been friends for 10 years and never had met. This was a real blessing and I am so grateful to God for helping us get together. I'll get off my soap box now! lol