That’s the attitude that Dwight, Melinda’s dad, instilled in Melinda. It’s such good advice. 
If someone else has learned something, you can learn the same thing. It’s the attitude that guided our remodel. You see, there is no way we could have afforded the house and the remodel if Melinda and her dad did not have that attitude.
As a couple of people suggested in the comments to yesterday’s post, Dwight was instrumental in our house being what it is today. Not only did he instill the “you can do it” attitude in Melinda, he partnered with her in the swinging of the sledge hammer, the pounding of the nail, the turning of the screw, the moving of the wire, the installation of the pipe, the…
And in honor of Dwight, I hereby present this photo of him hard at work in 1998 putting in the first stair of the first staircase to be moved.
Today’s Prompt: What is an attitude or important life lesson you learned from a parent?
Andy Smallman 
My Dad taught me that just because I was a girl did not mean that I could not do the same things he, a man, could do — we planted the garden, tended it and gathered the produce together (which Mom then cooked without my help), we painted our house together when I was about twelve, and he assumed that I was capable of making good grades in school. No question! I grew us as a very strong capable woman with confidence in myself and my abilities – a real alpha dog!