Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: After the separation of his parents , while his mother traveled seeking employment , young Langston was raised mainly by his maternal grandmother Mary Patterson Langston in Lawrence , Kansas .
Simplified: Young Langston was cared for by his grandmother , in Lawrence , Kansas while his mother worked to support the family . Langston 's Grandmother was a great story teller .