We were sitting around the dinner table, and mom started talking about her mom and dad.
- They both passed away before I was born, and I enjoyed hearing stories about them.
Mom was telling me how mom had a lot of trouble with people when she first started working. Her mom thought HVAC wasn’t a job for a woman, but it was what grandma wanted to do. I couldn’t believe I had never known this about grandma, and I couldn’t figure out why mom had never told me. I had been talking about going to HVAC school after graduation, and mom seemed to be against it. She kept telling me it was going to be hard for me, but I knew times had changed. No one thought anything when they saw a woman doing a man’s job. When she told me grandma actually founded the local HVAC company, I was even more surprised. There was nothing in the name of the HVAC company that sounded like it had ever changed hands. She told me her brother took over the HVAC company, and he was her stepson. I didn’t know I had any uncles or aunts. I had a lot to learn about my grandparents, and my mom was finally going to tell me. Maybe, I’ll learn more about grandma being an HVAC technician. In the end, she may end up not worrying about me being an HVAC technician. I tried to tell her how I felt about doing anything else but being an HVAC technician. I’m hoping after she finishes her story, she will change how she feels.