Learning the finicky skills - even when you don't want to
My uncle had said that he appreciated my mom and dad had taken the time to teach me a lot of different life skills. I agree. They both taught me a lot. But, as he said this I was thinking - it was more than just them, and also, it depended on what I was willing to absorb. It helped being out on a farm out in the middle of frozen Northern Minnesota - having wilderness and very little else to do. But also, it helped that people instilled patience in me beyond what other kids my age seemed to get. Sometimes, it was instilled against my will and with resentment, but I learned the task. The thing I am thinking specifically about this morning is not washing the dishes, or hanging the laundry, or weeding the garden or pulling in wood and pine boughs from the forest.. although I did all of those things. The thing I am thinking about is learning to roll a ball of yarn. My step-grandmother was I have to admit a hard woman to deal with. She di...