12/16/2025
This is why you shop small, y’all. 🎄❤️
I took my son to Roehler’s Christmas Tree Farm thinking it’d be a quick “grab a pre-cut tree and go” situation.
But if you’re a parent of a child with autism, you already know: plans = out the window.
My son had this whole Hallmark movie scene in his head… 🌲 wandering the fields, comparing trees, picking THE ONE, then watching a man cut it down while we carried it out on our backs like lumberjacks, singing carols the whole way home.
Reality? We were starving, it was raining, muddy, the sun was setting, and I had a migraine. I just wanted a tree from the barn and to go. He was NOT having it.
Meltdown mode: activated. 💔
Every pre-cut tree was “fake” to him. I figured we’d just go home tree-less.
But then… Kevin from Roehler’s stopped me. 🙌
I explained the situation quietly, and without hesitation this man said:
“Show me which tree you like.”
I pointed to one in the barn.
And y’all… he carried that tree on his back all the way out to the muddy fields, stood it up in a row, and let us “find it.” He even “pretend cut it down” for my son. My boy lit up with joy. ✨
Everyone won. My son got his magical Christmas tree moment. I got a tree (and my sanity). And Kevin? He became a hero in my book.
THIS is what small businesses are about. 🥹
No big-box store would ever go that far. But Roehler’s? They gave me back the magic of Christmas AND made my son so, so happy.
So here it is, loud and clear: Kevin, you saved our Christmas. 🎁 You made my son laugh, you lifted my burden, and you reminded me that there are still truly good people in this world.
I will never buy a Christmas tree anywhere else. Ever. 🌲❤️
Merry Christmas, Roehler’s family. You have a customer for life.
*** Story Credit : J.W's Reddit ***