You may not think that my brother's brother-in-law would top my list of thank yous, but it just so happens that he did. Jared is married to my sister-in-law's sister, Jessy. Aside from immediate family, he is one of the first people I wanted to send a letter to. In the few short years that I have known him, he has built my brother's house, remodeled my parent's bathroom, built a deck and trashcan container for them ... along with other stuff that I'm forgetting to mention.
I'm not very good at much. I can type at fast speeds and talk even faster. That's about the extent of my talents. Luckily, I have found a use for the former. Jared has a talent for carpentry and has used it to make life a little easier for those I love most. When my brother remodeled -- OK, rebuilt -- his home a few years ago, Jared was there beside him the whole time.
At the time DJ rebuilt his home, my family was not in the best place. Unfortunately, we are still there. We put our home in Pennsylvania on the market to try and sell it, decided to rent it out, evicted the first tenants, put it back on the market, rented it out again ... and that cycle continued for a bit. Brad and I were back and forth to Pennsylvania every weekend dealing with one issue or another, which limited the time we could help my brother with his house. In turn, Brad tried to help DJ in the home-building process by helping him at work. In the end, I've always been thankful to Jared for being there for DJ and Julie and helping them build their beautiful home. (Really, their house belongs in a Better Homes and Garden issue.)
Jared is an all-around nice guy and was there for my brother at a time that I let him down.
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