Sunday 19 July 2015

Hedi Pröll - A short story she left us about some girls, some hammers, a door and a hole!




Hedi Pröller
Where's there's a Hammer - there's a Way!





There is no doubt at all that action speaks louder than words, and, when Hedi Pröller suggested a door from the kitchen through to the dining room she was met with surprise. Her husband's reaction was not very nice.

There was the cost, there was the mess, there was the fact that the house would probably fall down, and, worst of all, who needed it anyway! But, Hedi not only wanted it, she needed it, too, and she was going to get it!

And then, one day, whilst shopping with her sister, Hedi saw the perfect folding door for her yet to be hole in the wall. In front of her was her dream.

And it came true at the end of the summer. Her husband was away on a seminar, and Hedi had just three days for the job. With the right tools and her sister and three of the girls from the office, a hole was created and expertly filled with a perfectly working light blue folding door. Hedi's dream had come true, and, one day was all that was needed!

And her husband? He came home and, amazingly didn't even notice the change! And then, when the penny finally dropped, he was more than pleasantly surprised. The door was perfect, and, amazingly, the house was still standing! And so, and not so amazingly, his wife had been right once again!

And, that's how it is. In the main, men haven't a chance! And why not? And, as far as Hedi was concerned, it was not so much a question of action speaking louder than words, it was, much more, a matter of action speaks louder than asking! In other words, just do it! Where there's a hammer – there's a way!



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