Gift for mom
One more story for now. This was just about 2 months ago. Mom had recently lost weight and started working out. Well she bought a stair stepper, one of those small steppers with no handlebars. None of us could keep our balance on that thing, including mom. She asked if maybe ben could weld on some handlebars. So he took it and knowing mom's humor, he welded not only a pole and handlebars, but the kind of frilly pink tassels you would see on a little girls bicycle, sparkles and everything. I went to deliver the finished stepper to mom. She was waiting in the living room when I got there. Before I showed it to her I told her "I don't know what you will think of this, but Ben added some special touches for you." She said, "oh I'm sure he did a fantastic job...." as she was finishing her sentence I revealed her new stepper and she stopped in her tracks howling with laughter so hard tears leaked from her eyes. She laughed and laughed and laughed and said "my boy knows me, this is perfect" and I don't know how long she laughed, but having the catching laugh she had, me, reuben and her were all laughing so much. It was a simple day, but so special, not because of anything huge, but because she laughed.