My "Pop", Howard Aylett, was the best carpenter I've ever known! He loved spending time in his shop. I can still smell 2X4s being cut on a saw and think of him. That's just what he smelled like. He loved creating things with wood and we loved receiving his creations!
Before Pop died, he made each child and grandchild a piece of something. Each girl received a china cabinet and the boys received entertainment/computer centers. I still have my china cabinet, which has made many moves over my little life......marriage, apartment, new house, divorce, apartment, new house, mom and dad's basement, marriage again, new house....well, you get the picture! With all of those moves, that china cabinet is still as sturdy and strong as the day it was built. It reminds me of Pop......strong, sturdy, conservative, with a little golden touch.
With all of that said.....I am happy to announce that I had an opportunity to get one of Pop's pieces from another family member. Jeremy and his wife, Natalia, will be moving to California to pursue a call from God to plant a new church. Jeremy has been a youth minister at a church in Russelville and has been attending seminary school. He has been provided an opportunity to continue to spread God's word in California. I can't imagine him being so far away, but I know he is passionate about his ministry so I am happy for him, all the same! My prayer is that God will use Jeremy to reach all who are lost and in need of Him. I pray that God will keep them safe as they begin this new venture.
With this move, they are having to downsize the items they are moving, since it is such a long move. Kim called and asked if I would want the entertainment center that Pop built. I said ABSOLUTELY! So Chad stopped in Russelville one afternoon, while he was working and brought the entertainment center to our house later that evening. I was so thrilled to have it! Below is a picture of the piece in it's new home!
Welcome to our house, Pop's Piece!
