Daughter No. 2 turned 25 today! We have adult children! How did that happen? I thank God for gifting us with her because she has been a true blessing. Happy birthday sweet one. You're our favorite!
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Our first sale at Round Top was a success, and we had such fun in addition to making a little money to fund this adventure we'd like to eventually call a job!
Our friends hosted us at their beautiful farm in Oldenburg and although it was pretty stressful getting all the furniture done and set up, once we settled in, it was very relaxing. There was great food along with lots of laughter shared. We are so grateful for their invitation. The slower pace, the eclectic mix of people, and the thrill of a good find (once we got a chance to venture out and shop) were just what we needed. My better half and I are hooked and have been invited back for the fall. We are thrilled!
We stopped at a sale in La Bahia, and found a primitive tool chest, made by someone who pieced together what he had to make a box to store his tools. With the tools, he could repair and reclaim things he needed. We realized we have one just like it, found in Clay's grandparent's shed.
We talked about how our parents and grandparents were the first "up-cyclers" we knew. We don't have a lot of schema for what it was like living through the depression, but we have tangible evidence in the things people made out of necessity. I pulled out a scoop the other day that Clay's grandad had pieced together out of parts from other things.
I love the fact that he took bits and pieces to fashion an item that was needed.
In their generation, things that were broken were never considered useless, because the parts were valuable for creating something new. Grandfather's tool chest was built from scraps of wood, some pieces of leather, nails bent into clasps, and an old piece of a box as the liner. The one we saw in La Bahia was held together with a piece of broken yardstick. They used every bit of what they had to make what they needed.
But when all those bits were pulled together and made into a chest, something was created to hold the tools needed to make new things. It reminds me of the body of Christ. Paul talks about it in 1 Corinthians 12 and he refers to us over and over as the parts. God has uniquely gifted each of us and we bring something to make the tool chest complete. It's a joy to be a uniquely connected part of His plan.
He makes beautiful things,
Yvette
