This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Ignore the Instructions
Aug
14
2008
I bought a small bookshelf to help organize the toys in the living room. The bookshelf was the assemble-it-yourself kind. I have done some of those before, so I expected it to be no problem. I got out the instructions and set all the boards in nice little piles according to their type.
The first page of the instructions said which tools were needed for the project. If you can see the picture below, you’ll notice that it shows only a hammer is needed. I thought that was nice – a simple shelf that needs only some dowels and nails pounded.
I then looked at the second page of instructions. If you can see the picture below, you’ll notice that it shows that I was to attach some screws. I thought that was odd – how am I to attach screws using a hammer?
I briefly contemplated hammering in the screws. But I ignored the instructions and used a screwdriver instead.
“So the craftsman encourages the smelter, {And} he who smooths {metal} with the hammer {encourages} him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, “It is good”; And he fastens it with nails, {So that} it will not totter.”
– Isaiah 41:7
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