I got a call that the refurbished Zebra was almost ready. I let the experts choose the stain color. When Ruth said the name of the stain over the phone, I knew Daddy must have been involved.

My sister and I used to get so silly that we rattled our usually calm father. When this happened, he would get tongue twisted and use the wrong words. This would make us squeal with delight, because we thought it was so cute. Our laughing would get him even more flustered and his face would turn red. 

We have favorite stories about poor Daddy mis-speaking followed by our shrieking. One of these involved Daddy using the term mocha instead of macho. He would just grin when we repeated ” He thinks he’s so MOCHA.”

When Ruth said the stain they chose was named MOCHA, I laughed outloud and said that sounded perfect. I immediately called my sister to report that our Zebra was going to be MACHO.

Now, I can share the before photos of our famous Zebra foyer table. This is a big deal to me. Our Zebra will finally be restored and put in our family home.

Get ready to see the refurbished

“MACHO ZEBRA” … HOORAY

Excited FLOWER