having tons of fun doing it all.
like all my brothers and sisters (there were seven of us kids), i did the dishes, dusted the furniture, washed windows, and cleaned rooms. but what i loved doing the most were the "dad" things, like helping fix cars, mix cement, build and paint walls, and shovel snow.
if my world had been limited to my family, i might never have discovered that i was not like most girls. but, i went to school and started trying to make friends with other girls.
that is when i found out that my make-believe world was different from theirs. they wanted to play “mommy” with dolls, whereas i 