Thursday, June 24, 2010
Hidden Benefits
The week is coming toward an end, and I wanted to say thanks to everyone who has worked so hard over the past few months to make Comforting Quilters a reality. What a fabulous group of gals we've got! We'd love to have you join whenever you can make it! I recently received an interesting email concerning a woman's health and thought that I would share it with everyone this evening. The email started with a
"Thought to Share......"
" I just finished taking an evening class at Stanford. The last lecture was on the mind-body connection--the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman whereas for a woman, one of the best things she could do for her health was to nurture her relationships with her girlfriends. At first everyone laughed, but he was serious.
Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems that help each other to deal with stress and difficult life experiences. Physically this quality “girlfriend time" helps us to create more serotonin--a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling of well being. Women share feelings whereas men often form relationships around activities. They rarely sit down with a buddy and talk about how they feel about certain things or how their personal lives are going. Jobs? Yes. Sports? Yes. Cars? Yes. Fishing, hunting, golf? Yes. But their feelings?--rarely. Women do it all of the time. We share from our souls with our sisters, and evidently that is very good for our health. He said that spending time with a friend is just as important to our general health as jogging or working out at a gym.
There's a tendency to think that when we are "exercising" we are doing something good for our bodies, but when we are hanging out with friends, we are wasting our time and should be more productively engaged--not true. In fact, he said that failure to create and maintain quality personal relationships with other humans is as dangerous to our physical health as smoking! So every time you hang out to schmooze with a gal pal, just pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself for doing something good for your health! We are indeed very, very lucky. Sooooo let's toast to our friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it's very good for our health
Next time you're feeling left out, lonely, bored or just need a buddy, stop by and pay us a visit! We'll cure those woes in no time!
Monday, June 21, 2010
YARD SALE!
Comforting Quilter's is up to our stuff again, with another yard sale at Karla's house this Saturday, June 26th. We'll be selling the leftover items from our last sale and adding a few more things as well. If you'd like to join us, stop on by and give us a shout! Your donations of items are also welcome. Be sure to mark the price before you drop it by the house.
If any of you will be in town & would like to help that would be great but if you can't, don't worry about it. There will also be an ice chest of bottled water and drinks in addition to our raffle quilt ticket sales.
Our yard sale made was a hit grossing $115 at the old Welcome Center, so we're hopeful that we can bring in more with this next one.
Thanks for All You Do!!
Sewing Class!
The Comforting Quilters group is interested in hosting a sewing workshop for kids (ages 6-12) at the Byron Train Depot for Sat July 24 OR Sat July 31 from 10-2. Space is limited to 20.
1.Please select date that's better for you.
2.Do you have a machine that you're willing to donate use of?
Thanks in advance for your response.
Karla - "The Listener"
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About CQ
- Comforting Quilters
- Comforting Quilters is a Non-Profit Organization that was organized to create and provide quilts to anyone need a bit of comfort. These quilts are created and delivered to Hospice patients, seriously ill patients, those who have suffered a loss or anyone who comes to our attention.
