Fantastic Sewing Weekend!
- At July 01, 2013
- By Kelly
- In Retreat
- 5
This weekend, fifteen Sewing Mamas gathered in Lester Prairie, Minnesota. They came from Texas, California, Indiana, Missouri, Virginia, Illinois, South Dakota, Iowa, and, of course, Minnesota. It was fantastic. We laughed ourselves to tears, drank some wine, and discovered that, though we’d never met in person before, we were already friends.
We started talking about this last fall. There were many moments when I thought, “What in the world was I thinking agreeing to organize this? I’m not good at people!” Because here’s a secret. I’m really very shy. Very, very shy. And it’s easier to chat with people on a sewing board on the internet because they aren’t really there with you. You never see their face so you can’t tell if someone is looking at you like you’re nuts. The week before this event, I told my husband I was never going to do this again, it was a terrible idea. And honestly? If others on our sewing board had planned this somewhere else, I would have had a thousand reasons not to go. And I would have missed out on something fabulous.
I went to the airport on Friday to pick up Mel, Kelly, Ruth Ann, Rachael, and Jeri. My stomach was in knots. I got a text from Ruth Ann that they were all there while I was stuck in traffic. But when I spotted them at the airport pickup and recognized Mel and Jeri from pictures they’d shared on the board? I waved at them like a crazy person. I may not have met these girls in person before, but I *knew* them. And I resisted hugging all of them so they might not figure out right away that I am a crazy person.
And then I drove an hour to the retreat location and left them all by themselves for 3 or so hours. But more on that later. This is getting too long.
Talk to you soon,
Kelly