Men roofed, women sold flowers. I did both

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My family has had a long standing tradition dating back to close to 100 years. That tradition is to teach every man within the family how to roof. We start young, like close to 8-9 years old and our first job was always clean-up. Clean-up consisted of not just picking up the trash. Oh no. You had to throw away the shingles from the tear-offs we did. From there, you slowly worked your way up until you actually applied shingles, poured tar, or pitched gravel, just to name a few things. Your fear of heights vanish quickly with the greed of money, and the faster you are, the more you make. On the other hand, the women in my family started a flower shop 60 years ago. My mom and all of her sisters arranged the flowers, while some of the others sold them. Growing up in my house, I learned the technique of arranging flowers, as well as the different names of flowers themselves.. It was nothing to wake up in my room with 100 dozen roses, or 15 cases of carnations next to me. In fact, i miss it. I carried this talent to a warehouse owned by 1-800-flowers. It was easy to get a job there considering my years dealing with flowers. I no longer work there, but I'm considering getting back into this line of work.