My beautiful 1959 mahogany on oak Folkboat sat on her cradle all last summer and will most likely do the same this one as well. I bought her for near nothing to restore and sail on the Great Lakes. I figured that since all the kids were gone, my summers would be lonely. I would get her finished in a few years and have her in the summer wooden boat shows.
But another surprise was waiting just around the corner that I couldn't have planned for. A wonderful surprise that was going to take up all the time I thought I was going to have. For a wonderful little grandson was coming. But he would need special care and a lot of it. And I would become his primary caregiver.
Though I do miss my boat, I know this is the right thing to do and I am completely thrilled with the opportunity to be able to do it. I know that my boat will be left for spare time now, my little grandson needs me and I love him so! Maybe someday we'll work on it together, who knows what the future will bring.
