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Mommy

by Kevin from Lawndale

"Never give up on your children"

She is small on the outside and big on the inside. That is my lovely mom. She will never give up on me. She is always there for me. She will never think of the negative things I do. It will always be the positive things I do.


She was born in Mexico. She didn’t have a very well life. She started working when she was three. Yeah, I know that doesn’t sound good! She sold buns in the middle of the street. Every morning she would get up at six in the morning and go to the street that she would always go on and start selling. So then she thought about going to California. And so she came to California and then met my dad. But my dad had a bad life too. My dad’s dad died when he was 22. And my dad was only three. My dad had to sleep on his friend's porch because he didn’t have anywhere to sleep. He didn’t get to eat anything for the whole day. He didn’t work. His friend’s only invited him to eat with them every other day.

When my mom had me she said she gave me something to eat instead of her. She only had at least 20 dollars for food for three days. One day my dad met a guy in the bar and the guy told him that he had a factory that he owns. And so they were close friends by the next 2 weeks. And he asked him if he wanted a job. And my dad said yes and so he started to work. And he got his first check and looked for an apartment. And he found one. And my mom and him live in it.

So he worked in that company 3 years and turned out to be a manager for it. And he started to make money and everyone started to eat healthy in the house. And we were all happy and we all grew up and started helping my mom. A mom that never gave up on us and took care of us good.

My mom and I started babysitting. And we took care of 3 kids and I made money out of that and she did too. And so my mom was always there for me and gave me anything for me to grow. My mom and I saved up money so that we can go out to a very good place to eat. Wow very bad life but she took care of me like if I was her life.

Page created on 10/31/2008 12:00:00 AM

Last edited 10/31/2008 12:00:00 AM

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