12/10/2024
It's Gratitude Monday! Today I just really want to say how grateful I am for my husband and especially the work that he has been doing to make our farm into a new home. I think he would say that he is a "jack of all trades", but the reality of it is that any project that he undertakes, he masters - on his own, teaching himself and learning as he goes. I am amazed by how his brain works when there is a project that seems impossible, yet he makes it work AND he makes it look like it was professionally done. I have seen him take our farm and turn it into a nature lover's paradise, I have seen him build a chicken coop from the roof down (really), I have watched him build a barn, a tool shed, a wood shed and Cadillac deer stands. One of those deer stands stood solidly for over 20 years and even when a giant cherry tree fell on it, it did not fall down! I have watched him work his tail off on our new house, fixing flaws and mistakes that others made, figuring out how to make the impossible possible, preparing it for us to live in. Most of what he does is never seen, but when Mike does a job, it is done well. Nobody has to come in behind him and fix it.
I am grateful for all he does that nobody sees. I am grateful for his attention to detail. I am grateful for his creativity and his artistry. Most of all, I am grateful to have him as my husband!