Wood. A word that perfectly describes Mary Molitor's interests, hobbys, and free time. She's built houses with it, carved pictures from it, and heats her garage with. She's split it, chopped it, burned it, sold it, breathed it, and probably eaten quite a bit of it as well. 

While she's no friend to a fallen oak, she certainly has the ability to give the dead thing new life. After countless years of handling a chainsaw as a tool symbolizing hard work and a sore back, in 2020 Mary picked it up with much more creative intentions. No longer was it for cutting straight lines and heavy logs, but rather trimming feathers or grooming fur. 

She began to intertwine her natural artistic skills with her swift talent of running the saw. She combined it with her ability to work from dawn to dusk and fight through the various physical tribulations that come with handling reckless machinery and heavy lumber. And soon the clouds parted, and the light shined on her incredible gifts. Her first bear was completed in March of 2020 and the saw dust has been coming down in blizzard fashion ever since. 

She's sculpted countless bears, hordes of gnomes, and whole patches of pumpkins. She's carved many things from squatches to squirrels, Christmas trees to cowboys. She's done many a custom work, and filled many hearts with great joy. 

When she's not busy with her growing family, you can find her right where God intended: with a saw in her hand, wood chips in her hair, determination on her face and a log propped up in front of her, ready for the rippin. 

- Tanner Molitor, son of Mary