Cooks in the Kitchen

This morning, several women gathered in our church kitchen to make ham and bean soup and cornbread which we will sell tomorrow morning at or "soup to go" sale.  There were seven or eight of us chopping carrots and celery, cutting up ham, mixing cornbread batter and engaging in conversation. What impressed me about the conversation this morning was the range of topics - from the training that nurses go through to the current housing market and the generally positive attitude in our church these days.  What I didn't hear was any gossip or any complaining, It was a great morning, positively refreshing..