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As you get older.those are the gifts that touch the heart. I received more than I deserved but one really special one.
When I was 12 -13 years old, my mom and dad gave me my first gun. It was nothing special as far as guns go. It was a Winchester single shot 16 Guage shotgun. I cherish that gun, took many squirrels and rabbits with my granddad and dad. Didn't take the best care of it as time went on I got better guns and it was pushed to the back of the closet where it accumulated rust and dust.
A few years later my brother was working at a metal finishing company and offered to refinish all the metal parts. Well good intentions but he took it apart and never completed it. It ended up in a box at my dad's house for the last 30 years. We found it this past summer while cleaning out my dad's house missing a bunch of parts. I wasn't sure what happened to it until Christmas morning.
Unbeknownst to me , my 23 year old son got it. He total refurbished it. He learned how to blue the oarts. He sourced all the parts, some used as the gun is no longer produced. Totally refinished the stock to a beautiful finish. I teared up when I opened it. The gun is worth $100 but is priceless to me.
. I’m a girl so I’m allowed to appreciate this with emotional tears. If I could posts gifs, I’d post one with someone blowing their nose in a hanky.
that’s freaky. I didn’t know snakes could bow up and run like that. I would have Joe Milton’d that thing across the river. She’s friggin stone cold.
