Some of you may remember my post the other day "First Donation Bowl" http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=37965 Gosh, what a rewarding feeling! Permit me just a moment to tell you what happened. I arrived at the house of the elderly couple that I had received the wood from and they didn't appear to be home. Now, I had told the gentleman that I would turn him a bowl and bring it to him but quite honestly I don't think it registered with him at the time. Anyway, I decided to leave the bowl and a note on the front porch. I started back to the truck to get some paper and a pen when The gentleman pulled into the driveway. As I approached him he smiled and said, "Hi! I know you." I responded, "You sure do and I want to thank you again for the wood you gave me. As I had told you, I wanted to turn you a bowl from your tree in appreciation of your generosity and kindness to me." At that point I raised the bowl and handed it to him. His eyes got as big as silver dollars and a huge smile covered his face. "Wow!" he said, "This is beautiful! My wife is going to love this." He had numerous complimentary things to say and that was nice. However, the feeling I had when he hurried off to the house with bowl in hand to show his wife(she had been in the house all the while and I didn't know it) was worth every penny that has been sucked from my pocket into the Vortex! It is time and money well spent! Thanks for listening, I just needed to tell some folks who can truly relate.
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