Wow, similar backgrounds...grew up on a ranch. Mom, yeah, did the management of the household, but she also kept the books and managed the ranch finances and the banking, and managed a tenant operation or two. She had a degree in Ag. economics from the U of Wyoming. She was a quiet leader. Dad was very good about saying that he didn't have the head for figures like mom had. I was a tomboy, too, crazy to be outside and do the ranch-hand chores that dad my two brothers would let me do. I was kinda locked out somewhat by the male fraternity of dad, brothers, and ranch hands. Mom told me not to pout because I'd find out soon enough that I'd been given something better than what the men have. Boy, was she right.
. The one thing about mom is she did all she did and made it look easy--I don't do as well at that. I remember in college listening to a friend of mine moaning that she was becoming her mother, and I told her she should be so lucky--her mom was a lot like mine. Dad didn't have a degree, and mom once told me later after a few drinks that she fell for him because of his smile and how he filled out his levis...
