One Carpenter Spent His Savings to Keep Five Young Siblings in His Woodshop

wide as the first thin curl of cedar fell onto his new shoes.

Later, when the sun had dropped behind the Oakhaven water tower, the shop grew quiet. The heat from the wood stove kept the damp evening air from settling on the tools.

The children were inside the kitchen, the sound of spoons clinking against stoneware bowls coming through the partition wall.continue reading …