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A talk with my kid's teacher about my hands made me think.
My daughter's school had a career day thing last week, and I went in to talk about being a butcher. After, her teacher pulled me aside and said, 'Your hands tell a whole story, you know.' She wasn't being rude, just noticing all the little scars and calluses. I've had these hands for 22 years in the trade, but I never really saw them as anything but tools. She said it was a sign of real skill and patience, which hit different. I'm so used to people just seeing the blood or the meat, not the craft behind it. It made me realize I downplay my own job a lot when I'm outside the shop. Has anyone else had a moment where someone outside the trade made you see your work in a new light?
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jamieburns20d agoTop Commenter
That bit about the teacher seeing the craft instead of the blood really stuck with me. Had a similar thing when a mechanic friend looked at my beat up hands and said they were just like his, just with different tools. Makes you think about how much we take our own everyday stuff for granted until someone else points it out.
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oliviac223mo ago
Your line about the hands telling a story made me realize I do the same thing with my own beat-up work gear.
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