I wasn't always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom.
Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be...
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army but I never called them...
It would have been nice for Greg to eventually grow into a mature relationship with Laura. He was moving toward that already but then took a turn into the juvenile with Paige.