blakey & i have been wanting to get involved & give back to the wonderful birmy community we have come to love. we truly spent the first year of our marriage focused on the "us" - learning to be married, learning to love each other fully, & growing that husband & wife-ness. but after a year...& a "good" marriage foundation, if i do say so myself...it is time to be real, productive citizens again. let's now learn to share us!
habitat for humanity is an organization blakey really respects. he appreciates the idea of people getting together, getting their hands dirty, & helping people who just need a bit of support. i have actually never worked with the organization before, so i took his word for it & he signed us up for a few hours this past saturday!
it was a really neat experience. blakey & i worked with one of the habitat project heads to finish up the painting inside a house that is almost finished. although it wasn't quite the manly project blakey had hoped for, it was pretty cool to see what the end goal is.
the houses inside of a whole habitat neighborhood are pretty darn cool. this one was a three bedroom, two bath with an adorable front yard & curb appeal. & did you know the families pay for their house? i had no clue. they pay for all of the materials but are able to afford it because they don't have to pay for the labor. volunteers & habitat employees do the work. really really cool. & once a family buys a house, they volunteer to help other families. it was a great sense of community on the street.
we were super grateful to have an afternoon to do something good. & we look forward to doing it again. although, i think next time blakey will find a newer project, so he can swing a hammer & drill nails & saw stuff!
it definitely put the big sooner loss in perspective later that evening. at least we keep reminding ourselves of that :)
hope you had a fabulous weekend.
love love,
kjp.
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