I finished an interesting project today. About a week ago I was contacted by a gentleman who had recently lost his girlfriend at a young age and neither he or her family could afford a headstone. He had built a beautiful cross to place at her gravesite but had no way to add her name or birth information. That's where I came in. He contacted me to see if I could help. It was certainly a project meant for my CW. I put a design together and instead of printing on paper, I did a test carve for him to review out of some pine I had in my shop. He really liked it so today I put the carve on the cross he built.
This has really hit me pretty hard. I have a great wife and pretty darn good life, so I have a real soft spot for this gentleman trying to do the best he can with a difficult situation. I think the bill for the carving will mysteriously disappear on the way to deliver the cross on Monday.....