I admire my Mom for the same reason, She grew up in Mongolia while it was still communist, lived through food shortages, they shared one good pair of pants with her sister, so they took turns going to school. There is nothing she can't do. She is an MD and an all-around handyman too. She doesn't think anything is "beneath her"put just because she is a doctor. She can sew incredibly beautiful couture quality clothes, but she can out together furniture, fix things, she can cut hair, and even make leather good sewn by hand. (Her Grandfather was a shoemaker)- There is nothing this Superwoman can't do.