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One strange thing that not many people know about me is that I love my job that I do. That job is mowing lawns and other landscaping work. It all started when my uncle was about 18 years old and went into the Marine Corps. Before he left, he had a small mowing business to make some extra money. Obviously, once my uncle left for the Marines he couldn't keep mowing those people's lawns. My grandparents told him that since he couldn't mow while he was gone, they would do it for him until he got back. My grandparents took care of lawns for my uncle's clients and even started getting more business because other people liked the look of their work. When my uncle finally came back from the marines he became an accountant and lost time to mow all those people's lawns, so he gave the "business" to my grandparents. They were happy about this because they enjoyed mowing. One of their clients was 92 years old! Since she was that old, she couldn't physically take care of her yard, flower bed and hedges so my grandparents offered to help her take care of her landscape.

Thus, the family business was born! My grandparents started doing not only lawns, but most of the landscaping work for people such as mowing, weeding flower beds, trimming hedges, planting flowers, laying mulch, raking leaves, and even shoveling their driveways during the winter months. All of the clients loved the work that my grandparents have done and declined many offers from other lawn care companies because of the fantastic work my grandparents have done.

The day came that I was of age to help out the family business. My grandpa just happened to stop by one hot summer morning to visit my mom when I was outside mowing the lawn. My grandpa came out to check up on me and thought that I did a great job on the yard so after a discussion with my grandma they came to the conclusion that I could go along with them to help them out. I was excited because my mom said that mowing lawns is good pay and I needed to start saving money for a car and college. They told me what I would need and what day I would start.

The first day came that I had to mow and we had a busy day ahead of us. We had to mow 8 lawns! When we got to about the fourth yard, I decided that I absolutely hated mowing because of the extreme heat, the grass stuck to your sweaty skin, and pushing the mower made me tired. I kept going and then at the end of the day I received my pay. I decided to go out one more time so I could earn a little more money and then I met Theta. She was a 93 year old woman that was so thankful and happy that we took care of her lawn since she couldn't and that made me realize what I was mowing for. I was helping people that couldn't do it themselves and that made me feel good about myself. Eventually, after mowing awhile my body got used to the heat and I got stronger so the mower wasn't heavy for me. Now, I've been mowing for about 4 years and I want to keep mowing as a part time job when I get older.