08/31/2026
๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ. ๐
The day I got the call that Jabro Carpet One Floor & Home wanted to help Rebuild The Woods, I was excited.
Theyโre a local Southgate family business. They knew of my husband. It made sense to me that they would want to be involved.
So naturally, I built an entire reality around that donation in my head.
And then I actually met the people at Jabro.
I learned that Sheree, the owner, works alongside her daughters, Dana and Sarah. Of course, that immediately warmed my heart. A family working together, building something together, living life alongside one anotherโthatโs basically my dream.
But even that turned out not to be the story.
Because the more time I spent with them, the more I realized I was watching something much quieter.
A few years before the explosion, Bob and Kathy Wood had invested some inheritance money into their home on Edison. They were preparing it for their retirement yearsโnew flooring, updated awnings, little pieces of comfort they expected to enjoy for years to come.
And when they needed flooring, they went to Jabro.
Just down the street.
I asked Kathy why.
Her answer was wonderfully ordinary:
โ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ณ๐ณโฆ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.โundefined
That was it.
There was no campaign.
No tragedy.
Nobody needed anything.
Times were good, the Woods needed floors, and they chose their neighbor.
Years later, when everything changed and that same neighbor learned Bob and Kathy needed help rebuilding the home those floors once lived insideโ
๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ.
They are donating the flooring and materials for the Woodsโ new home.
But they didn't stop there.
I get texts from Sheree telling me about another person she talked to who might help. Another resource. Another connection. Ideas for another dinner to raise funds. People who might help furnish the house.
She just keeps going.
And behind her is this family quietly standing with her.
I have become completely mesmerized watching the woman steering that shipโand the faithfulness of her family holding the line behind her to help carry their neighbors home.
Of everything I have witnessed through Rebuild The Woods, this tiny piece has stayed with me.
Because it would be so easy to miss.
Years ago, one neighbor needed something and supported another.
Years later, the need changed hands.
And so did the support.
No one planned it. Nobody called it anything. There was no expectation that what was given would ever come back.
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
Thank you, Jabro Carpet One, for providing the Woodsโ flooringโbut even more, for choosing to stand beside them as a partner all the way home.
Their neighbor.
Our neighbor.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐.
And if there is anything I hope people discover while watching this story, maybe it is this:
T๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐โi๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐. ๐
