Why are these people smiling so much? Maybe it’s because it’s lunch time, maybe it’s because they’re enjoying each other’s company, or maybe it’s because they have the satisfaction of helping someone build their home.

My home.

Habitat for Humanity is helping us finish our home in Marble, Colorado. Volunteers have come off and on over the summer, and are being directed by Clay, a Habitat employee.

Three and a half summers ago, I got laid off as an excavator. We had been paying cash for our project, and the house building came to a grinding crawl, as I’ve been underemployed during the summers. (Thanks, Aspen Skiing Company for great winter income!).

Habitat came to the rescue, and Scott Gilbert has been a marvel, pulling it all together. My family all works on the house, with or without Habitat present, but our family is hoping for a warm house come this winter.

Thank you so much, Habitat for Humanity and all of our friends, relatives, and helpers..

I’m deeply humbled.