Cutter Joe the father

The man in the center of this saw blade is Joseph Charles Sanquenetti. Joe is my step father and has been a father to me since the sixth or seventh grade. When he became a husband to my mother and a step father to me at a young age I really did not care for him. I felt I really did not need him, I already had a father I really loved. I always felt Joe was a little hard on me, always telling me to "quit being a panty waist," "if your going to do something do it right," " tie your shoe laces."  Many times I did not understand why he would stay with my mother because I was a mouthy kid that would push him to the limit. I tried to push him away but he would not leave and worst of all my mother would back him up when it was time to punish me. By the time I turned thirteen or so, Joe and mom had had a baby on the way, his name would be Joey Sanquenetti the lV. I already had one full blooded sister and two step sister's and now a half brother on the way. Even though we were already family, this was the prince that would bond our families together as blood in my book. The reason I am explaining this to you is because the man in this image, Cutter Joe (Joseph Sanquenetti) was the owner of Wabash Valley Tree Service. Joseph would get in the bucket truck and carefully take down a three story tree down to the ground limb by limb. He worked just as hard as his employees. Now, my brother Joey runs Wabash Valley Tree Service. Going back to my younger years Joeseph taught me the meaning of working hard and what being a man meant. Today, Joseph Sanquenetti is in Union Hospital in ICU hanging on tight with the terrible disease called cancer. It hurts to see someone you love try to fight this disease when it's out of control. Between the cancer and the wicked side effects of narcotics, I can not stop praying for comfort on him and everyone that loves him. It would not matter if it was my blood father, mother, brothers or sisters, I would feel the same. Joe is a great man to friends and family and I am very proud of him for being so strong and accomplishing many obstacles in the past six months. I hope I am half the man he is. Joseph Charles Sanquenetti the III will always be the image on Cutter Joe's Beard Oil.

Ps. The image of him in this portrait was him holding my first born son the fist week he was born 2008. I said, "smile at the camera Joe"and this is him doing just that.