lessons, recitals, and glittering costumes.
When I requested a weekend handicraft course, possibly leatherworking, they claimed there wasn’t money.
Besides, what would I ever do with it?
Years later, I turned those skills into a business.
Today, I own a small, successful company producing custom handmade home goods.
My husband works with wood.
Together, we earn a comfortable living through honest work.
Yet my parents still describe it as a nice little side project.
Meanwhile, my sister has degrees in literature and dance but almost no career stability.
She’s still
