Little brother, Bunns, is a high school teacher. When he came into this world, it never occurred to me that he would eventually have the power to influence thousands of other peoples children during his lifetime. I'm kind of glad. Knowing what the future might hold would have been frightening.
He reached out recently requesting some assistance with a project that he had assigned one of the brainiac classes that he teaches. He was walking his students through an assigment to create a brief oral history that centered on an artifact they might have in their homes. The project would involve an item and a story about that item as a part of the larger tapestry of their family's history.
He wanted to provide an example of what he expected and asked if I would record a short description of our dad.
He identified one of dad's gifts as being "a maker." Since I am so much like my father in being a "maker" as well, he asked if I would record a bit about him. I thought that preserving some memories of the man who raised me was a pretty cool way to spend an afternoon.
There was a lot I could have said. Dad was a renassiance man who dabbled in a lot of things. But he was definitely a creative type with the ability to envision a final product and the steps to achieve it.
He was good with his hands and was willing to give anything a try and as a result, not only taught himself new skills, but also left some pretty cool items for us as his children to treasure.
Dad also had a beautiful singing voice. I wish that I had a recording, but I enjoy the many music books and memories he left behind.
Though I barely scratched the surface trying to describe my dad as a maker, I'm thankful I could leave an audio recording about him here as it helped little brothers students understand a bit more of what he wanted in the completed assignment.
Dad left a wonderful legacy in so many ways. Being a maker was only a part of it. He was a man of creativity and integrity. And he is sorely missed.
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As for those twelve stones which he had taken from the Jordan,
Joshua set them up at Gilgal.
And when he said to the sons of Israel,
"When your children ask their fathers in time to come,
saying, 'What are these stones?'
then you shall inform your children, saying
"Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground."
Joshua 4:20-22
Other projects from this "maker"
