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I pride myself in being independent. I make a decent living for myself, make big purchases by myself, take long road trips by myself, go to church by myself, etc. When there is something that I need to take care of, I usually like to do it on my own and don't like to bother people too much with my problems.

However, when it comes to carpentry, I know absolutely nothing, and to be quite honest, have no desire to learn. So...when one of my dining room table legs decided to detach itself from the tabletop, I knew I needed to bring in some reinforcements.

I swallowed my pride (there's that nasty word again) and called my friend and asked her if I could borrow her husband (I knew he had tools) and his friend (who also happens to be my friend) for an evening of fun with tools. I bribed them all with pizza so they very kindly agreed.

After dinner and one trip to Wal-Mart later, my table is fixed and ready to play games upon---and eat upon. Now that, friends, is community! Serving God, by serving people! Thank you Mark and Gary, for spending an evening with tools, for me! I am quite thankful for my friends who were so willing to take precious time to help me out!