House Washing in Central Kentucky

This customer has been with me for 15 years. Fifteen years. I still remember the first time I pulled up to her house back when she'd just moved in and was trying to find someone reliable to take care of the place. She called me on a recommendation from a neighbor, and I guess I did something right because she's been calling me back every other year since. Her husband used to come out and chat with me while I worked, we'd talk about the weather, the grandkids, whatever the neighbors were up to. He passed a few years back, and now when I show up it's just her, but she still comes out with a glass of cold water and that same big smile every single time. When I finished up this job and she stepped outside to take a look, she just stood there for a second and shook her head. "I don't know how you do it," she said. "It looks better than the day we moved in." Then she gave me a hug, told me she'd see me again in a couple of years, and went back inside. That's the stuff that sticks with me. The houses are the work, sure, but the people are the reason I keep doing it. I've got customers I've watched raise their kids, retire, move, lose loved ones and they keep calling. That means more than any paycheck.