Only three things in life are certain — death, taxes and Adam Evans’ ability to make anyone smile.

You may have seen Evans outside the Liberty Tax Service location on Highway 41 in Post Falls, donning his Lady Liberty costume and waving to passing cars.

Although the 32-year-old Careywood native ­— now living in Coeur d’Alene — jokes that he looks more like Uncle Sam than Lady Liberty, he’s absolutely the ideal man for the job.

Evans said all the smiles he receives over the course of the day make the job easy to love.

“It’s not just about the job, it’s about the perks — seeing people smile, the little kids who wave to me every day from the school bus,” Evans said.

A father of five, Evans especially enjoys being able to brighten a child’s day.

“You know, as a big guy with a beard, some kids might think I’m a little on the scary side,” he said. “But this [pointing to his Lady Liberty costume] takes all the scary away.”

An apprentice framer by trade, Evans took the seasonal job after recently moving to Coeur d’Alene with his girlfriend. Now, he’s having such a good time that he might not be ready to hang up his crown and robe.

“Depending on what’s happening next year, I might be out here again,” he said.

At the end of the day, Evans said bringing a smile to someone’s face is just as important as whether they come get their taxes done at Liberty.

“There are shuttles taking people from nursing homes. These people look forward to going to Walmart for 20 minutes and spending some of their money,” he said. “Going by me, they’re not going to come in and get their taxes done, but I get a whole busload of little old ladies smiling at me. I mean, you’d have to have a heart of stone to not enjoy that.”

And as far as his smile goes, Evans will assure you it isn’t feigned or forced.

“I can’t do it with a fake smile,” he said. “A fake smile ruins the point. Then you literally are just a sign, and people see that.”

During the course of a day, Evans said strangers will often approach him to make sure he’s staying warm or offer him a cup of coffee.

“It’s amazing,” he said. “These people who have no reason to care, actually do.”

Ironically, Evans said he’s not much of an attention seeker once he takes off the costume.

“I’m not the kind of person in my day-to-day life that I wanted to be noticed by everybody,” he said.

However, he enjoys being able to be a part of others’ lives, even if only for a passing moment.

“It’s quite gratifying,” he said, “because I get to be a part of their lives for a split second.”

Those shared interactions allow Evans to leave work every day with, of course, a smile on his face.

“Even when I lose, I win,” he said. “I may be a statue, but I’m a fully articulated statue. And I can smile, so I win.”