Quilt Lessons

Many years ago, we won't say when!, I came to college here in S FL.  I was away from home for the very first time for a long period of time.  I mean I'd spent, at the most two weeks, away from the rest of my family.  Now, I was about to embark on the adventure of my life.  I came down a week early (that's when my ride was leaving!).  I stayed with my, then future, brother-in-law's sister who'd been here a couple of years ahead of me for that first week.  Then into the dorms, with a good friend from high school as a roommate.  Do you remember that first semester in college, away from home - a small town as a hometown, where you had TONS of friends?  Well, I had plenty of friends my first semester, but it wasn't family.  Then the rains came.  S FL - rain... uh huh!!  It was a rare thing for November but it was RAINY that Thanksgiving.  Every year there was a Thanksgiving Banquet so the Jr. class in the college could raise money.  The electricity in the dorm was out - how in the world could we get dressed and ready!?!?  Then my friend, Cheryl, decided to invite a couple of us, maybe three - don't remember - to one of her classmate's mobile homes on campus so we could get ready there - they had electric.  Little did I know how that trip to their home would change my life. 
I met a man and his wife I'd seen around campus but did not know... Mr. and Mrs. H.  - and their three year old son and BRAND SPANKING NEW twins.  To make a long story get to the point - quilt lessons - suffice it to say - this entire family influenced my life - by entire I mean entire - - - His parents and younger sister moved down soon after, his next oldest brother/sil were already here and his youngest brother/sil moved down shortly after.  They were ALL here!! I became very good friends with the whole family. 
However, as time would have it... I graduated (after many, many, many visits to their various homes) and moved on... they began moving away (some of them) and we all went our ways, sometimes crossing paths...

THEN - Facebook happened.  I re-connected with the wives for two of the brothers and also the younger sister...  The younger sister - DA - is about to become a grandmother and wanted to learn how to quilt - to make the baby a quilt, of course.  We were just not able to get together .... until yesterday... she called me as her husband was out of town for the weekend.  I just happened to have planned a 'teacher work day' with the boys so I had no responsibility there!!  DA and I were talking - we had YEARS, literally, of catching up to do - but to the quilt.  I was trying to explain to her what to do - we just were not communicating - so I asked if she had a webcam - sure enough!! - we both got on our computers and webcammed our first quilt lesson!!! :)  It was a blast!!  Her granddaughter will now have a wonderfully beautiful quilt and we have re-connected - hopefully to the point that we can continue to share our lives more often.  We spent four hours on our quilt lesson... ending it just in time for me to be able to get our supper prepared and still be ready when my DH returned home from work.  I love quilt lessons!! :)