My father Bob Heinold had some truly fantastic sayings to insert at the proper moment. This morning I remember a sly, sideways smile as he told me, "Some are born to lead," in response to my winning an honorable mention for a  science fair project in the 7th grade. 1967 or thereabouts. Mom used to say things like "They told me you weren't fit to eat with the pigs and I said you were." If she was particularly vexed with my attempt to clean up and appear respectable, she would ask, "Did you get dressed in the closet with the lights out?" or, the famous, "Did you comb your hair with a rake?" These were said with a laugh and a hug, and a complete acceptance of who I was and where I was going (like to a real barn to ride a horse or to the slough to make a frog dam.) ... read more

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