It's people that make the world go round

And its people that will restore our faith that there is kindness out there! Looking at the news and what we talk about in everyday life, an alien would get the impression that we are pretty miserable here on earth. However, one evening in good company can completely change your mind!

Tonight, I accompanied a friend to the tea party of a man that she works next door to. And boy, am I glad I went! After being apprehensive about going into a total strangers house and talking to him and his family, they were all so welcoming that it was lovely to just sit and have a chinwag!

And it didn't hurt that Tony (the birthday boy-man) kept pushing sandwiches and cakes at us! We were offered all sorts of refreshments (and yes, I managed to say no to the wine), the best of which was an A.M.A.Z.I.N.G chocolate cake, which he had cooked himself.

So generous and welcoming were they that they put together a box of goodies for us which they handed to us as we walked out the door!

And all in a cosy, unassuming ex-council house in Stanmore! It is easy to forget that there are such genuinely nice people out there, but its lovely when you realise that you are living in a world full of good people, with only a few sour grapes in the bunch.