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Over dinner, my wife, Jan, and I always talked about our day. Lately, though, our evening talks made me frustrated.<\/p>\n

\u201cA woman came into the ER with shortness of breath,\u201d Jan said. Jan had been a cardiac nurse for 10 years. She recognized the warning signs of congestive heart failure. \u201cThe patient got to us just in time,\u201d Jan said. \u201cWhat about you? How was your day?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing worth mentioning,\u201d I said, looking down at my plate and rearranging my food with my fork. Jan had made a difference. And with someone\u2019s life. I\u2019d spent the day doing window treatments. Wasn\u2019t there a more fulfilling way for me to help people?<\/p>\n

The next day I drove downtown to run some errands. Asheville was a small, artsy town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains. The shop windows were filled with crafts for sale. Especially angels. Anyone could see how popular they were.<\/p>\n

I could make angels too<\/em>, I thought. Really unique <\/em>angels. <\/em><\/p>\n

That night Jan and I sat out on the porch swing. I listened to the crickets, watched some lightning bugs shoot across the yard. \u201cI want to start making angels,\u201d I blurted out. \u201cLots of shops carry angel stuff. The market must be huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jan rocked the porch swing back and forth with her feet. \u201cYou think you can make something beautiful?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d I admitted. \u201cBut I\u2019ve got to find meaningful work. I want to touch people. Comfort them. Inspire them. I\u2019ve at least got to try.\u201d<\/p>\n

We organized a workplace in the basement, and eventually I came up with a figurine that actually sold locally. I expanded to other towns, and set up shop in an actual studio. I hoped my angels were doing what I intended, but I had no way of really knowing.<\/p>\n

One Saturday after working all day, I flipped through a trade magazine. It featured a piece on antique sheep figurines from Germany. The figurines were made of simple materials, like porcelain and real wool, the article said.<\/p>\n

Sheep<\/em>, I thought. There was something so innocent about them, so pure, so…comforting.<\/p>\n

\u201cSheep?\u201d Jan said when I told her about them later. \u201cYou want to go from making angels to making sheep?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something about them,\u201d I said. \u201cI don\u2019t know, maybe it is crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell,\u201d she said, chuckling, \u201cyou certainly won\u2019t have any competition in the marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n

She was right. I had never heard of a modern-day artist who specialized in sheep!<\/p>\n

After several weeks researching and tinkering in the studio, I finally had a few sheep figurines I was happy with. I headed for a shop in town. \u201cNice to see you, Colin,\u201d the owner said. \u201cBut we don\u2019t need any more angels yet. I still have a few left to sell.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cActually I\u2019m here about my new line,\u201d I said. I handed her one of my new creations.<\/p>\n

The shop owner put on the glasses that hung by a chain around her neck and took the sheep figurine from me. \u201cIt\u2019s got a nice hefty weight to it. And is this real fur?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sure is. I use wool, mohair and alpaca.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, I have a girlfriend going through a divorce. This may be just the thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soon my sheep were selling as well as my angels. One day I got a phone call in my studio. \u201cYou don\u2019t know me,\u201d a woman said, \u201cbut I bought one of your sheep.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope there isn\u2019t a problem,\u201d I said. No one had ever called about one of my angels, and I was every bit as careful with my sheep.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, no,\u201d the caller said. \u201cMy mother\u2019s in the hospital recovering from surgery. The room looked so bare until I put a sheep by her bedside. Now every time she looks at it, she smiles. I think it really makes her feel better.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was my first contact with a satisfied customer, but not the last. There was the man who ordered some sheep to be used as models for the person carving his wife\u2019s gravestone. The woman who bought six sheep and found herself actually playing with them like a child.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m forty-five years old!\u201d she said. \u201cBut every time I touch these sheep I feel so happy.\u201d Every time I heard one of these stories, I thanked God for letting me know that my work had made a real difference in someone\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been almost 20 years since I made the leap to sheep figurines. Now I also make pigs, lions, bison, Nativities and even an angel, but sheep are by far the most popular.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve traveled to more than 11 countries to study sheep, and make over 60 different breeds. I never get tired of hearing how much comfort and joy my collection, Colin\u2019s Creatures, brings to my customers, and I never get tired of thanking the angels that led this shepherd to his flock.<\/p>\n

Take a video tour<\/a> of Colin\u2019s studio.<\/em><\/p>\n

Download your FREE ebook, Angel Gifts: Inspiring Stories and Angel Crafts to Nurture Your Creativity<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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