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\u201dRemember what Dad always told us,\u201d my twin sister, Brenda, said as I took out my toolbox. \u201c\u2018You can do anything you set your mind to.\u2019\u201d It was true that Dad never set limits on us. But building a new porch from scratch? Maybe that was pushing it.<\/p>\n

Initially I thought I would just be replacing a few of the rotten planks on my deck. That<\/i> would have been an easy project, the kind of thing I\u2019d been familiar with since I was a kid.<\/p>\n

When our parents decided to build a weekend cabin<\/a>, Dad drew up the plans and enlisted Brenda and me as helpers. He showed us how to do everything from floor to ceiling. I had my own lightweight hammer, but sometimes he\u2019d let me pound the nails with his big 16-ounce. After Dad died, Brenda let me keep the ham-mer, which I displayed in a place of honor in the den.<\/p>\n

How I wished Dad were here to answer my questions now. When I pulled up the rotten boards, we found the support beams were deteriorating too. The entire deck would have to be rebuilt, and all we had was Dad\u2019s can-do spirit to inspire us.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish I could be more help,\u201d Brenda said. She was staying with me while she recovered from shoulder surgery, so construction work was out for her. \u201cBut I can do little things with my good arm and cheer you on!\u201d Rather than a simple deck, we designed a new porch together\u2014screened in, with an angled roof. Now it was time to get to work. I measured, sawed and hammered. Brenda stayed one step ahead, so I knew what was coming next. I imagined Dad right there with us, encouraging and building our confidence<\/a>. \u201cHow do we know when it\u2019s ready?\u201d I\u2019d asked him, just 11 years old, as we mixed concrete for the cabin\u2019s basement floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe drag a hoe through what we\u2019ve got mixed and see how it acts,\u201d he said. \u201cIf it crumbles along the sides, it\u2019s too dry. If it sags into the middle where we just dragged, it\u2019s too runny. Once the consistency is just right, it\u2019s time to pour.\u201d Why shouldn\u2019t a couple of 11-year-old girls know how to pour concrete?<\/p>\n

After a few months of hard work, Brenda and I had set new posts with concrete anchors, finished the floor and laid down support beams for the rafters. We set up scaffolding and stacked the two-by-eight-foot boards so they were ready to install. Brenda had already cleared everything off the scaffolding so I didn\u2019t trip while nailing them down. Now she was on the ground, reaching up with her good arm to space them right where they needed to go, so I didn\u2019t have to measure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese boards would be easier to place if I could just tap them with a hammer,\u201d she said. \u201cWould you grab Dad\u2019s off the shelf for me, please?\u201d<\/p>\n

Maybe Dad\u2019s hammer is just what we need out here!<\/i> But when I looked inside, the hammer wasn\u2019t on the shelf. It never left its special spot in the den. I searched all over, but the old hammer was nowhere to be found. It felt like a bad sign for our project. I went outside, where Brenda was still absorbed in her work. \u201cBrenda, I have some bad news.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before I could tell her, we both looked over at the scaffolding. It had been empty minutes before\u2014everything moved off for safety\u2014but now, sitting right in the middle of it, was Dad\u2019s hammer. \u201cHow did that get there?\u201d Brenda said. Dad may not have been able to supervise our new project in person, but his can-do spirit was close at hand. This was going to be some porch.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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