Marriage by stephen price

Here's the thing:
 
When you decide to build a new deck, you need to buy all the materials
the lumber (composite wood so it lasts longer), cement, deck screws, tools, hangers
 
the list goes on and on
 
Go ahead and have it all delivered, but it can't just sit in a pile in the garage.
 
It won't build itself.
 
So you need to get started and you don't have a lot of experience with this sort of thing
which means along the way mistakes will be made
angles won't match up and lengths will be mismeasured.
There will be splinters and cuts and sometimes you'll drop something on your foot and that really hurts and causes  you to swear loudly for which you should apologize later.
 
Invariably
you will have to go back and redo something because you'll realize you made a mistake and everything will be wrong if you don't fix it.
 
Sometimes you have to go back to the store because there was something you didn't order in the beginning and had no idea that you would need it later.
Invariably.
 
It's a lot of work building a deck but you persevere and when you finish it does not look like you thought it would look, but it is strong and level and lovely to sit on when the weather is nice.
 
And in the winter it will be covered in snow, but underneath all that snow it is still there.
 
And when the snow melts and disappears, it will be a new season but your deck will still be strong and level and lovely to sit on when the weather is nice.
 
You will not regret building it.