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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oliviac2210d ago

Your line about the hands telling a story made me realize I do the same thing with my own beat-up work gear.

kim.stella9d ago

Totally get that with my old gardening gloves.