A Mi-Wu-Kul!

One of the many things I admire about my husband is the joy he gets in helping others. Here's a neat example:

As stated earlier, he has been cutting wood at the old cemetary. It is a good idea when using a chainsaw to have someone with you in case of an injury, thus I tag along, help as womanly possible and sit in the truck a lot. Saturday we went back to the site and a man in his seventies was by himself trying to load some very sizable chunks of wood. When we parked beside him I'm sure he thought we were going to infring on his claim but to his appreciation, Phil helped him get his truck bed full of wood. The man was only 6 weeks post surgery, too. Go figure!

What was more amazing was that a few days prior Phil had picked up his chainsaw from the shop and was told by the shop keeper the graveyard crew had just done some more cutting. He decided to swing by and investigate. He only had his newly serviced saw and 1/2 tank of gas. Those of us who don't know anything about chainsaws need to know that they have small tanks and use a lot of gas. That info is important for the rest of this story.

Phil noticed an elderly Hispanic man picking up small, kindling size pieces of wood and putting them in his pick-up which had a trailer attached. He guessed the man was in his eighties. He pulled up beside him and remarked, "Boy, you sure are going to have a lot of kindling!" The man responded by telling him his chainsaw was in the shop and he didn't have enough money to get it out. He figured if he would pick up enough of the small sticks, they would help keep them warm.

Phil pulled his chainsaw out of his pick-up and told the man he didn't have much gas but he'd cut him a few big chunks until he ran out. The saw cut and cut until the grateful old man had a pick-up load and a trailer load! There was still gas in the tank, enough to cut some chuncks for our neighbor! As Hannah would say, "It's a mi -wa- kul!!"