Legacy

Recently we discovered a little problem with our washing machine. Immediatley my friend Worry showed up and I started wondering how much it was going to cost to fix. I'm getting better about this, though, and my other friend, Its Going to Be OK, made an appearance. So, I sent a little video to David to illustrate the problem. And that night he searched the great world wide web of knowledge and found a possible (easy, cheap) solution. Hooray! I was praising God, seriously, I had been thinking about a couple hundred dollars to call in a repairman and take the whole thing apart and replace expensive-sounding parts. This solution... $3.00.

So, we got to work. David brought out his tools. I jumped in fearlessly to help. And it struck me. These tools were given to us by David's dad. He shared his resources with us and now, that wrench, the extension piece, the right sized whatever I don't know the name of it.... Lou gave those to David. They're blessing our family now. And my dad, he never let me sit around watching if there was something I could do to actually help. He made sure I could confidently use hand tools, being a girl was never an excuse to not step in and fix it or clean it or whatever.

These are the legacies our dads have given us, the tools, the confidence to use those tools to build and fix things. The willingness to dive in and at least try it before paying someone else to come in and do it for us. Thanks Dads, both of you. I'm hoping we can pass some of that along to our kids, your grandkids, and make you proud!

P.S. We ordered the parts we needed (agitator dogs, have you ever even heard of that?) for $1.50. Shipping... $12.95. Ugh, shipping!! But still better than paying a repairman to come out and do it for us!!