Descriptive Essay On Jons Hands

Jon’s Hands Sometimes, one will never know someone’s story, but if their hands could talk, they would tell everywhere they have been and everything they have seen. Over the years, I have been able to see Jon’s hands all over the countryside. Jon’s hands are one of the most worked, nurturing, strong hands I’ve ever had the pleasure of shaking because Jon has the All-American cowboy hands. As I stand there at the roper’s box, waiting for the header to ride in, I lean back to tell Jon a joke. While I am telling him some corny joke about an octopus, I notice the small scars on the backside of his hands. I wonder If those are from wrecking his motorcycle at an indoor super cross race in Tulsa, or if those are from building rows and rows of fences along his land to secure his cattle in their pasture. There are permanent grease stains soaked into the wrinkles behind his thumb from spending hours under a tractor to get it ready for hay season. …show more content…
The softest part of his hands aren’t so soft anymore. I assume the rough skin is caused by the countless hours he spends in his saddle shop creating beautiful masterpieces out of leather. I’ve seen his work showcased on people’s horses all over the country, and I have his leather hanging off my shoulder. When I walk into a room and I am immediately overwhelmed with compliments over how unique and exquisite my purse is. There’s a chance, though, that his palm is rugged from carrying a newborn calf across a field to the house, where he spends the rest of the night holding its life in his arms praying it makes it ‘til morning. To Jon’s hands, that calf isn’t just one out of a few hundred, but it is a symbol of what he has worked for every day of his