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Have you ever been close to someone that has had great skills that you have taken for granted? I have. My father was blessed with many talents that he did not talk about or display, but they were there. He was a quiet man that worked very hard. He ran a dairy farm as well as worked outside the home full time in a factory. He was involved in church activities and was involved in a civic organization. He was older when I was born so by the time I was twelve he had sold the dairy cattle and rented out the farm land to another farmer to use for crops. He worked his job and then spent time in his workshop.

One of the things he did in this workshop was make different wooden toys. My sisters were a great deal older than I was so they had their children when I was very young. I was five years old when I was a niece for the first time. My father made different wooden toys for the grandchildren. He did not talk about making them and did not make a big production out of giving them the toys. I had a large dollhouse that my grandfather had made for my sisters and I to play with. My sisters had it for several years before I cam along so many of the pieces of furniture were broken or worn. One day when I was cleaning up the playroom my dad looked in on me. He started looking at the dollhouse. He asked what happened to the doll bunk beds that had been in it. I told him that there had not been any that I remembered. A few days later when I went into the playroom there were doll bunk beds sitting in the dollhouse. When I went and thanked him for them my mother asked what I was talking about. I told her that dad had made new doll bunk beds for the dollhouse. She came to see them and was surprised at the details that he had included. He put small bedposts on them as well as both headboards and footboards.

At first my dad thought this was a dumb idea, but he did start making several pieces of furniture. Soon he was going with her to the different craft shows to help her set up. He enjoyed talking to the others husbands and crafters. In their retirement years they traveled around the five state area attending different shows and selling their handiwork.

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Have you ever thought about how we change our opinions of our parents through the years? When I was growing up I thought of my father as a hard working laborer, which he was. He ran a dairy farm, put crops in the field and worked as a maintenance worker in a factory. I saw very little of him until I was a teenager. When I was in my teens he sold the cattle and rented out the land. He still worked full time at his factory job. When I was a freshman in college he had a heart attack and stayed home on disability social security.

My mom was always looking for hobbies for him to do to occupy his time because he was used to being very busy. I never thought of my dad as a hobby sort of guy. Mom bought several different craft kits, but dad was not interested in any of them. I was really surprised the when two Christmas after his heart attack the female grandchildren received doll house furniture from my parents. My dad had made the furniture. He had finally found a hobby that he not only enjoyed, but was very good at. The doll house furniture was very detailed. He made tables and chairs, a sofa and bunk beds. My mom sewed small bedspreads and matching curtains for the windows of the bedrooms in the doll house.

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My father had very large hands from working so hard during his life. It was amazing to me that he was able to do the delicate work needed to create the small doll house furniture. He had seen patterns for the furniture in a magazine and had sent for them without telling my mother. When they arrived he began making the doll house furniture out of scrap pieces of wood he had in the garage. My mom was surprised that he liked the intricate work. The pieces were small and delicate to work on and the cutting took a great deal of skill. As the years past he not only made the doll house furniture for all the grandchildren, but he also started making multiple pieces to sell at craft sales. He and my mom would travel throughout the area setting up display tables and selling the furniture. He began making the doll houses as well. He enjoyed talking with the other vendors at the craft fairs and he took great pride in the praise he received from customers. I never would have guessed that a hard working farmer would be supplementing his income and filling his time with doll houses and furniture.

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