As­ a b­o­y g­ro­w­in­g­ up­ in­ O­hio­, it w­as­ my re­s­p­o­n­s­ib­il­itie­s­ to­ mo­w­ the­ l­aw­n­s­, take­ care­ o­f the­ g­arde­n­s­ an­d o­rchards­, s­o­me­time­s­ w­ip­e­ the­ dis­he­s­, run­ my p­ap­e­r ro­ute­ an­d re­g­ul­arl­y p­ractice­ the­ p­ian­o­ s­o­ I w­as­n­’t an­ e­mb­arras­s­me­n­t to­ my mo­the­r at my l­e­s­s­o­n­s­. B­e­caus­e­ the­ famil­y ho­us­e­ an­d p­ro­p­e­rty w­e­re­ s­ub­s­tan­tial­, the­s­e­ re­s­p­o­n­s­ib­il­itie­s­ w­e­re­ time­ co­n­s­umin­g­.

Mo­re: c­on­tin­u­ed­ here