One of the most rewarding moments in life is having children and this applies to both father and mother alike.
It’s a big responsibility, yes, but the sense of accomplishment at having molded a life to be the best person that they cannot be quantified at all.
Unfortunately, with the demands of modern society and the focus on being more productive at work, more often than not either one or both parents are finding that they are not able to spend as much quality time with their kids, at least not to the level their own parents used to spend with them.
There are still parents who do make the effort to spend as much quality time as they can with their kids pandemic or not.point 216 |
One such parent is dad-of-three Hal Taylor who loves reading to his children.point 65 | But when Rose, his third child, was born, he had a dilemma.point 113 | He couldn’t fit all three of them on his lap when he read to them on his rocking chair.point 188 | 1
Fortunately, Hal is a master craftsman and one of the best in the world, to boot. So he created a gorgeous rocking chair that not only performed its function but also allowed him to read to his three children all at the same time.
This masterpiece of a rocking chair has been dubbed the Storytime Rocking Chair and it truly is a masterpiece. Each hand-crafted rocker fetches between $7,000 and $7,500. Hal explains on his website how much effort and craftsmanship goes into making this masterpiece.
“I did not have a lap large enough for three children [so] I had to come up with something,” he said.
“When Rose was born, she proved herself to be the ‘communicator’ in the family… she was NOT going to be left out of the reading crowd!
“Now, all three children could have a comfortable seat when reading.
“There are over 200 precisely cut and shaped pieces of wood which I use to make up the 19 back braces.
“That is more pieces than you will find in 20 normal rocking chairs!”
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