I'm going to probably spend most of the day going through my "stash" of "just in case" gear--hey, you have to have back-ups of everything, don't you? I'll put something together that will work for him, and the price will be right (if free counts)--the stuff is just sitting here unused anyways and being a young single-income family with two little kids and their first home I know money is tight. I really respect that he and his wife have decided for her to be a stay-at-home mom, despite the limitations of income, but they are doing OK with that, and as his employer, I make sure he stays busy enough (I own a construction company). Even when times are slow, I make sure he brings home enough money, even if I have to front him a few bucks and just take it out his OT on the next big project. They have a nice little "starter home" that myself and other employees helped them out with--it may not be exactly what they wanted or envisioned it to be, but when you are getting free labor and "leftover" or "salvaged" materials from other projects, you can't be too picky--and again--the price was right, and the house is now worth probably 5X what they paid for it. He and my other employees and subcontractors work hard for me and each other--it does "take a village", and we stick together and take care of "our own".
God--just re-reading that last sentence makes me feel old, because most of the world doesn't work that way anymore, but at least I can sleep at night.