This weekend, I’m down in Grants Pass from Portland to help a niece purge a storage unit. I threw a few things in a bag that we might need…hammer, duct tape, scissors, etc. At one point, I showed the hammer to my niece, as it was my dad’s. With that hammer, he built the home I grew up in, a cabin up at beautiful Lake of the Woods, a ski …
This weekend, I’m down in Grants Pass from Portland to help a niece purge a storage unit. I threw a few things in a bag that we might need…hammer, duct tape, scissors, etc. At one point, I showed the hammer to my niece, as it was my dad’s. With that hammer, he built the home I grew up in, a cabin up at beautiful Lake of the Woods, a ski boat, a fishing boat, a camper for his truck, and endless bookshelves, end tables, etc. He used it for so long, there’s a permanent crease in the handle where his hand was. When I hold that hammer, it feels like I’m holding his hand. He could make anything, including the first curtains for our beloved cabin on a treadle sewing machine. He has been gone 34 years, yet that hammer brings him right back, along with one of his best lessons taught us as we enjoyed the lake….”If you want to fish, you have to bait your own hook”. What a great life lessons to use as a springboard for so many goals. Happy Father’s Day, John!
This weekend, I’m down in Grants Pass from Portland to help a niece purge a storage unit. I threw a few things in a bag that we might need…hammer, duct tape, scissors, etc. At one point, I showed the hammer to my niece, as it was my dad’s. With that hammer, he built the home I grew up in, a cabin up at beautiful Lake of the Woods, a ski boat, a fishing boat, a camper for his truck, and endless bookshelves, end tables, etc. He used it for so long, there’s a permanent crease in the handle where his hand was. When I hold that hammer, it feels like I’m holding his hand. He could make anything, including the first curtains for our beloved cabin on a treadle sewing machine. He has been gone 34 years, yet that hammer brings him right back, along with one of his best lessons taught us as we enjoyed the lake….”If you want to fish, you have to bait your own hook”. What a great life lessons to use as a springboard for so many goals. Happy Father’s Day, John!