HI FOLKS, WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT I MADE FOR A SPECIAL FRIEND THAT SURVIVED A HORRENDOUS ACCIDENT THAT LEFT HER WITH A SPINAL INJURY THAT LEFT HER IN A WHEEL CHAIR, AND WITHOUT FULL USE OF HER HANDS. SHE WAS IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT, THAT LEFT HER TRAPPED FOR OVER 12 HOURS BEFORE SOMEONE FOUND HER. SHE IS AN AMAZING PERSON, THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HARD WORKER AND FULL OF LIFE AND ENERGY. I KNOW BEING TRAPPED IN THAT CHAIR IS AGONIZING FOR HER. SHE HAD COMMENTED ON MY HOBBY PAGE ON FACEBOOK AND ASKED IF I SOLD MY PIECES. I TOLD HER NO, I JUST GAVE THEM TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THEN I REALIZED, SHE WAS A LIFELONG FRIEND AND A NEIGHBOR GROWING UP. I ASKED IF SHE WOULD LIKE A BOWL AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD TREASURE ONE. SO I THREW A PIECE OF WALNUT (her favorite wood) on the lathe and made her one. I TOOK HER PICTURE WHEN I PRESENTED THE BOWL TO HER, AND COULD SEE A BEAUTIFUL, FLASHING SMILE THAT I REMEMBERED SEEING SO OFTEN, BEFORE HER ACCIDENT.
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
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patron
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#1 posted 12-27-2010 11:15 PM
BLESS YOU BOTH THOUGH THIS SHARING
BEAUTIFUL SMILE
BEAUTIFUL BOWL
GIVING FROM THE HEART
WHAT JOY !
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
jockmike2
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#2 posted 12-27-2010 11:26 PM
THANKS DAVID, I FELT BETTER ABOUT THIS THAN SHE DID. GIVING IS THE MOST FULFILLING OF JOYS, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT ALREADY, MIKE
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
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#3 posted 12-27-2010 11:40 PM
YOU’RE A GREAT GUY MIKE!!
SMILES LIKE THAT,
JUST LIKE YOUR PROJECTS,
ARE NOT FOR SALE!!
WONDERFUL GESTURE, MY FRIEND!!
-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.
jockmike2
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#4 posted 12-27-2010 11:55 PM
JUST DOING THE SAME THING I’VE ALWAYS DONE WITH MY PROJECTS, I JUST ENJOYED THAT SMILE. I’LL NEVER FORGET IT. THANKS JUST THE SAME MIKE, THE FEELING IS MUTUAL. LOVE, MIKE AND KRIS
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
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#5 posted 12-28-2010 12:03 AM
Great job and you’re great too Mike very fine gesture.
jockmike2
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#6 posted 12-28-2010 12:16 AM
THANKS GMMAN, HOW ABOUT PUTTING A FIRST NAME WITH THAT GREAT LOOKING PICTURE OF YOU.
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
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#7 posted 12-28-2010 12:34 AM
This is what I like about LJ. I get to meet really nice people like you Mike.
-- John from Hampstead
Dick, & Barb Cain
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#8 posted 12-28-2010 12:43 AM
VERY NICE OF YOU MIKE!
THAT SMILE IS WORTH A THOUSAND DOLLARS!
-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1
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#9 posted 12-28-2010 12:53 AM
THANKS JOHN, VERY NICE OF YOU, THANKS DICK, YOU’RE RIGHT, I’LL NEVER FORGET HOW SHE LIT UP. WORTH EVERY MINUTE OF MAKING IT. I MADE IT FROM A FREE BLANK THAT KELVIN POTTER, THE SAWYER WE ALWAYS VISIT AT OUR LJ GET TOGETHERS GAVE ME. HE IS A WONDERFUL GUY TOO. SEEMS LIKE WOODWORKERS ARE SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, HUH?
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
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#10 posted 12-28-2010 12:56 AM
Great gift, Mike. It looks like you really brought a little joy to her life. You’re a good friend.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Karson
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#11 posted 12-28-2010 01:46 AM
Mike: A beautiful bowl and she looks so proud with having a “Genuine JockMike2” Bowl.
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Appomattox Virginia [email protected] †
Lee A. Jesberger
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#12 posted 12-28-2010 02:00 AM
Mike…You’re the MAN!!
What a nice thing to do.
This alone should get you into heaven, not counting all your other good attributes.
That is a beautiful bowl.
Lee
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#13 posted 12-28-2010 02:04 AM
Just perfect Mike…........that is giving at its best…............
Jim
-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska
jockmike2
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#14 posted 12-28-2010 02:37 AM
THANKS CHARLIE, KARSON, LEE AND JIM, YOU GUYS ALL HAVE DONE SIMILAR THINGS, I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE, JUST BY KNOWING YOU. KARSON, THIS IS THE SAME THAT YOU DO, ONLY ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. YOU GUYS ARE ALL WONDERFUL PEOPLE TOO. THAT’S WHY I LOVE THIS SITE. LOVE, MIKE AND KRIS
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
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#15 posted 12-28-2010 02:38 AM
Beautiful bowl glad she finally got it
-- www.carvingandturningsbyrick.com, Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI
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