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Most impactful. It's a real working ranch. And I spent all my summers on that ranch from age four to 16. And my grandfather was really taking me those in the summers and the In the early summers, he was letting me pretend to help on the ranch because, of course, a four-year-old is a burden, not a help in real life. He was really just watching me and taking care of me.
Most impactful. It's a real working ranch. And I spent all my summers on that ranch from age four to 16. And my grandfather was really taking me those in the summers and the In the early summers, he was letting me pretend to help on the ranch because, of course, a four-year-old is a burden, not a help in real life. He was really just watching me and taking care of me.
Most impactful. It's a real working ranch. And I spent all my summers on that ranch from age four to 16. And my grandfather was really taking me those in the summers and the In the early summers, he was letting me pretend to help on the ranch because, of course, a four-year-old is a burden, not a help in real life. He was really just watching me and taking care of me.
He was doing that because my mom was so young. She had me when she was 17, and so he was sort of giving her a break, and my grandmother and my grandfather would take me for the summers. But as I got a little older, I actually was helpful on the ranch, and I loved it. I was out there. My grandfather had a huge influence on me, huge factor in my life. I did all the jobs you would do on a ranch.
He was doing that because my mom was so young. She had me when she was 17, and so he was sort of giving her a break, and my grandmother and my grandfather would take me for the summers. But as I got a little older, I actually was helpful on the ranch, and I loved it. I was out there. My grandfather had a huge influence on me, huge factor in my life. I did all the jobs you would do on a ranch.
He was doing that because my mom was so young. She had me when she was 17, and so he was sort of giving her a break, and my grandmother and my grandfather would take me for the summers. But as I got a little older, I actually was helpful on the ranch, and I loved it. I was out there. My grandfather had a huge influence on me, huge factor in my life. I did all the jobs you would do on a ranch.
Fixed windmills and laid fences and pipelines and, you know, done all the things that any rancher would do. Vaccinated the animals, everything. But we had a, you know, my grandfather, after my grandmother died, I was about 12 and I kept coming to the ranch. So then it was just him and me, just the two of us. And he was completely addicted to the soap opera, The Days of Our Lives.
Fixed windmills and laid fences and pipelines and, you know, done all the things that any rancher would do. Vaccinated the animals, everything. But we had a, you know, my grandfather, after my grandmother died, I was about 12 and I kept coming to the ranch. So then it was just him and me, just the two of us. And he was completely addicted to the soap opera, The Days of Our Lives.
Fixed windmills and laid fences and pipelines and, you know, done all the things that any rancher would do. Vaccinated the animals, everything. But we had a, you know, my grandfather, after my grandmother died, I was about 12 and I kept coming to the ranch. So then it was just him and me, just the two of us. And he was completely addicted to the soap opera, The Days of Our Lives.
And we would go back to the ranch house every day around 1 p.m. or so to watch Days of Our Lives. Like sans through an hourglass, so are the Days of Our Lives. Just the image of that, the two of us sitting there watching a soap opera. He had these big crazy dogs. It was really a very formative experience for me. But the key thing about it for me, the great gift I got from it,
And we would go back to the ranch house every day around 1 p.m. or so to watch Days of Our Lives. Like sans through an hourglass, so are the Days of Our Lives. Just the image of that, the two of us sitting there watching a soap opera. He had these big crazy dogs. It was really a very formative experience for me. But the key thing about it for me, the great gift I got from it,
And we would go back to the ranch house every day around 1 p.m. or so to watch Days of Our Lives. Like sans through an hourglass, so are the Days of Our Lives. Just the image of that, the two of us sitting there watching a soap opera. He had these big crazy dogs. It was really a very formative experience for me. But the key thing about it for me, the great gift I got from it,
was that my grandfather was so resourceful. He did everything himself. He made his own veterinary tools. He would make needles to suture the cattle up with. He would find a little piece of wire and heat it up and pound it thin and drill a hole in it and sharpen it. So you learn different things on a ranch than you would learn growing up in a city.
was that my grandfather was so resourceful. He did everything himself. He made his own veterinary tools. He would make needles to suture the cattle up with. He would find a little piece of wire and heat it up and pound it thin and drill a hole in it and sharpen it. So you learn different things on a ranch than you would learn growing up in a city.