Like mother, like daughter

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My mother is the daughter of an engineer – a handy, practical, do-it-yourself man. My grandfather built the house my mother grew up in, almost all of the furniture they owned, and much more besides. If my grandmother ever wanted something – be it a cot for a baby, a new kitchen, an outhouse, you name it, my grandfather built it. And if it was broken – he fixed it. My mother, being the eldest child, was soon joining in on the projects.

I am the daughter of a vet. A compassionate and competent man. Yet, my father did not build our house, or anything in