This is another entry into WE-Write! Partner Up! 10/24/2018 with 
My Part
I know I've spent most of my time in the shop whittling away this wood today. I know I'm avoiding the women I love. She wants to talk about my past. I don't.
I mean, she'll probably look at me like an idiot. In my youth, I used to rob little old ladies when they were going to their car with groceries. What kind of girl does that? Or, how about the time I pushed my brother in front of on-coming traffic because I thought it was funny? What kind of messed up person does those things?
I know I've changed. I look at my life and see all of the wonderful wood carvings of horses I've made for the local farmers around this lakeside town. I see the furniture I've created. I've seen how happy it makes them, but they don't ask me about my past.
My love wants to know more of me than I've dared to share with anyone.
He is out in his workshop again, carving beautiful treasures out of wood. It's one of the many things I love about him, the way he creates such works of art out of scraps of wood. He puts so much thought, effort, and love into each item he makes. And he puts thought, effort and love into our relationship as well. I just wish he wasn't quite so closed up about his past.
It's as if there are things he is embarrassed or ashamed about. Hey, I've done some really embarrassing things, too! And I haven't told him about any of them, because he'd probably think I'm a complete idiot. There was the time I put glue into my sister's mascara and mom had to take her to the doctor to get her eyelids unglued. She could have lost her vision. I just thought it was a clever prank. And once I set a bucket of water on top of the door so my brother would get an unplanned shower when he closed it. But he was carrying his prized model car into his room and it fell on the floor and broke into a million pieces. He had spent months building it. I felt so bad! Just dumb things we do when we are young. I hope my love never finds out about all those things. He might not love me anymore.
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