When I was a little girl, I had 3 sisters, no brothers. We lived in the country. My father needed a helper, so I was it. I learned many things from him, because I was his gopher. He repeatedly told me that was nothing I couldn’t do. All I had to do was try, and if it didn’t turn out, then start over and don’t make the same mistakes. That made since to me, so as I grew I kept thinking, I can do that. When I was 4, I sat on a pillow and started sewing little flat things with my mothers sewing machine. As I got older I made almost all of my school clothes. My father taught me how to build and use tools. It came in handy when my husband and I built a spec house.