My wife was preparing for a stake women's event, and we needed cloths for the round banquet tables that had replaced the long rectangular ones in a recent remodeling of our aging stake center.
We were at Bed Bath & Beyond and were disappointed that they didn't have enough cloths of any color in the right size. "These orange, brown, gold and green ones looks great together," I pointed out. "Who says they have to be uniform?"
She liked that idea, and we proceeded to load our selections into the cart.
She didn't like my next suggestion, though. "I assume we're donating these tablecloths to the stake," I said.
"Not a chance," she answered.
"You don't have a budget for this, do you?"
"There's a budget, all right," she said. "What I mean is, we'll lend these tablecloths for any stake function that needs them, but they will remain our personal property."
"Oh," I said. "Why?"
"If they belong to the church, they'll be in a Relief Society closet where anyone can use them whenever they want."
"Isn't that a good thing?" I asked.
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