#assignment: 01

My parents were never really around much when I was growing up so a lot of my life I was taking care of myself. The one thing I can remember was when I was sick to my stomach, my mom would boil hot water with lemon, honey, and ginger. This also worked really well with any kind of sickness and I would make it for my brothers when they were ill later on. This was effective because it was comforting to me. Because of the fact that I was very independent at a very young age, having my mother fuss over me was like a privilege, even though it was important for her to go to work so we would have money, she chose to stay and care for me. If I could change one thing it would be my parents to have had the same time to treat my brothers with such attention that I had for part of my childhood. This kind of treatment only lasted for short periods of time. I remember seeing other kid’s parents walk them to school and by the 2nd grade I was already sent off on my own. Yes, I could say I wish my parents had paid more attention to me growing up, but the honest truth was that they couldn’t have. If they both hadn’t gone to work every day, there was no way we were going to be able to feed a family of 5. There were times when we struggled to make it through the week with enough food to eat, so I can’t complain much. Having such memories of my mother from my childhood left me with a positive image of her that I can carry on. If I received any benefit while being sick it was the true image of my mother’s caring nature that helped nurse me better.