On Being and Being Home part 2

One day I would like to write a treatise on the value of property ownership and the greater value both physically and spiritually of making a home with your own hands. My current days are overwhelmed with work and with efforts to obtain the degree by which I might further my career and thereby by effect on the greater world around me. This work, however, takes great energy and leaves little time for the joys in life; friends, family, conversation, writing and my newest love- woodworking.

There is light at the end of the tunnel and this challenge will fall at my feet. Until then some dinners will be missed, some conversations unhad and some projects undone. The progress of these pictures are old the cabinet was done months ago and the smaller cabinet was worked on weeks ago. However, audience has asked for an update and this is what I can manage at this time.

On Being and Being Home

I went away. I went away for a while. It would be fair to say that I was away while I was preparing to be away. If I had it to do again, which I probably will given my profession, I would not lose all the time I lost while preparing to go.

Now, I am back. I would even venture to say that I learned a few things along the way. I have spent the last three months since I got home from deployment enjoying the fantastic changes that my wife has made to our house. She really is remarkable.

Now it is my chance to to start making my mark on our humble abode. Myrrh wanted a corner cabinet in the dining room and with the help of her cousin Ben, I learned all the necessary skills to give her one.

Not only was I able to put in a professional looking custom built in cabinet, I was able to plan it a way that made it look like it was originally a part of the house. I also discovered that I really like woodworking. I'm pretty good at it too. It's good to be home.