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Before heading to the hospital, I gazed out the living room window at the property surrounding our home in Ohio. With its 10 acres of farmland, gardens and pioneer cabins, folks called it a \u201cprimitive wonderland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill and I had rebuilt our lives here after a fire burned our former home to the ground. <\/p>\n

For 20 years we\u2019d welcomed visitors interested in the early American way of life. We scoured New England for authentic log cabins<\/a>, and Bill rebuilt them on the property to house things we offered for sale at Curry\u2019s Antiques, such as crafts and linens.<\/p>\n

Now Bill lay in a hospital bed at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, his body ravaged by leukemia. <\/p>\n

I walked into his room, struggling to accept the inevitable.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, Ginny,\u201d Bill said in that gentle way he had, \u201cI promised you I\u2019d finish your cabin. Your Christmas cabin.\u201d<\/p>\n

We both knew he wouldn\u2019t see another Christmas. Having him by my side was something I cherished more than any cabin he could have built. <\/p>\n

I kissed Bill\u2019s frail hand. <\/p>\n

My cabin was a prized pioneer settler\u2019s homestead Bill had found in Mineral Wells, West Virginia, two years before. Built around 1810, it was the cabin to end all cabins.<\/p>\n

Bill had been so proud when he\u2019d located it for me. Normally with a cabin so old, you just got the logs, but this one still had the original chimney, stone fireplace, stairs, flooring and beams. He\u2019d painstakingly taken it apart, numbered the logs and transported it to our property. One day he would add it onto the main house.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis cabin is one of a kind,\u201d he\u2019d said, \u201clike you. We\u2019ll get it done little by little.\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019d dreamed of filling it with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American country furnishings. Early paintings, step-back and jelly cupboards, dry sinks, a spinning wheel and other antiques we\u2019d collected. We couldn\u2019t wait for the day when we could share the fruits of our labors with friends at our annual Christmas gathering<\/a>. I could picture the natural holiday greenery accenting the logs, a fresh pine wreath on the front door and candlelight giving the original furnishings a glow.<\/p>\n

Bill was a man of his word. He didn\u2019t just say he\u2019d do something, he\u2019d do it. He set the logs up and built a walk-in fireplace just like the early log cabins had. But then the leukemia<\/a> changed everything.<\/p>\n

Through sheer determination, Bill managed to finish the foundation and decking on my log cabin addition. He worked until he could barely pick up a hammer.<\/p>\n

He died on our thirty-sixth wedding anniversary, only three months after he had been diagnosed. <\/p>\n

After Bill passed away, friends, neighbors and longtime customers surrounded me. The log cabin sat unfinished.<\/p>\n

One day two of our friends, Butch and Keith, came for a visit. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe know what you need more than anything, Ginny,\u201d Butch said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re going to take care of it for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to make good on Bill\u2019s promise to you and finish that cabin,\u201d Keith said. \u201cWe\u2019ll get it done just the way Bill had it laid out.\u201d God, is that possible? <\/em>I wondered.<\/p>\n

The guys came over every other weekend and worked meticulously on the cabin, vowing to complete it down to the last detail. To keep myself busy, I pitched in with some of the chinking. <\/p>\n

But when we got to the dogtrot that would connect the cabin to the main house, I realized we\u2019d need to use old wood to give it that authentic early American look. And we would need a lot of it.<\/p>\n

Barn siding would have been perfect, but it was hard to come by\u2014people usually aren\u2019t willing to tear down old barns. I called farmers in the area looking for wood from unused barns, but there was none to be found. I hung up with the last farmer on my list, feeling helpless. <\/p>\n

That night I crawled into bed and said a prayer<\/a>. We can\u2019t finish this by ourselves. We need Bill. He would know what to do.<\/em><\/p>\n

I awoke the next morn\u00ading startled. Had I heard Bill? I looked around, expecting to see him. I rubbed my eyes.<\/p>\n

Of course Bill was no longer with me. I\u2019d been having a dream. But it had been so real. Except Bill had kind of raised his voice to me, which was to\u00adtally unlike him. <\/p>\n

\u201cUse the fence, Ginny,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re not paying attention: Use the fence!\u201d <\/p>\n

Use the fence? <\/em><\/p>\n

I threw on my robe and walked out back to look at the wooden fence Bill had built around the pasture. <\/p>\n

The wood was old, but still in good condition. It had been bleached gray from the weather. <\/p>\n

Then it hit me. The 10-inch-wide fencing boards were the perfect material for making the siding for the dogtrot!<\/p>\n

On a mission, Butch and Keith and I tore the fence down. We framed the dogtrot and then had enough left over for the windows and ceil\u00ading. It was as if Bill was back with us, col\u00adlaborating on the promised project from heaven. I could feel Bill\u2019s presence and pas\u00adsion as though he was right there beside me.<\/p>\n

Last year I hosted a long-awaited Christ\u00admas open house and shared it with those who had loved Bill too.<\/p>\n

Today, I put every bit of fervor I can into this \u201cprimitive wonderland.\u201d <\/p>\n

Each effort is an offering of gratitude<\/a> to the man who kept his promises and the God who made that possible.<\/p>\n

Photo gallery: <\/strong><\/em><\/a>Her Husband’s Last Promise: A Christmas Cabin to Call Her Own<\/a><\/strong><\/em> <\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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