Sometimes small-town communities are just the best. When you find your people it’s a really cool thing. My friend Cori is just great & we’ve been spending quite a bit of time together recently. She’s someone I met several months ago at a women’s retreat & then we finally connected one on one a few weeks ago and just hit it off. We have a whole bunch of friends in common and I’ve made some wonderful new friends through her too.

Yesterday Cori had a “Wood stacking Party”, which has become an annual event for her. She heats her home with wood throughout the winter. So she has a big pile of firewood delivered to her house that she needs to be separated, stacked & a majority of it loaded into her side porch so it can be easily accessed all winter long. Definitely not ideally a one person job if it can be helped.

A few weeks ago, Cori sent out a message on Facebook announcing the “Annual Wood stacking Party” and yesterday was the big day. It was a blast. They say “many hands light work”. But “they” can also take it a step further and help provide great conversation, extra sets of eyes and arms to wrangle kids, arms to form assembly lines of wood-stackers, & a sense of accomplishment with the satisfaction of knowing you’ve helped out a friend with what would have been an otherwise overwhelming task.

The fellowship at these types of gatherings is my absolute favorite part. Working hard, then swimming, eating, playing on the front lawn with the kids and munching on snacks while grownups enjoy some adult beverages and ending the night around a big fire under the stars.

So many people came up to me yesterday and said, “You’re Miranda! I’ve heard so much about you!!” It was absolutely lovely and the gals I did know already from the Women’s Retreat I attended earlier in the spring, I got to know even better. Sometimes having that “friendly soul-click” with someone or a few “someones” is just priceless. It’s a feeling of ease like you’ve known that person forever but in reality, you’ve just met them. I’ve had that happen several times lately and it’s a really wonderful feeling and connection.

We were blessed with great weather and a few people went swimming which was just fantastic and it really did feel like a community effort. To have people you can call & say, “Hey, I could really use another set of hands, I’ll feed you if you come help & bring some friends”, is a pretty great thing and I feel lucky beyond measure to have a few of those types of people in my life…and after yesterday even a few more.

When you find “your people” it’s a really GOOD THING. Hold on to them and cherish the gift they are in your life.

#manyhandsmakelightwork