How Does Patria Make Life Harder For Her Love To Do?

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Patria made life harder for her younger sisters because she set way a high of a standard, so that it would be impossible to live up to. The story makes it so most people don't really worry too much about Patria she helps everyone and loves to help everyone else cause that is what she loves to do. Patria follows these quotes: “Build your house upon a rock, He said, do my will. And though the rain fall and the floods come and the winds blow, the good wife's house will stand.” “I did as he said. At sixteen I married Pedrito González and we settled down for the rest of our lives.” Her first thirty two years of her life. Patria has to follow her religion and the existence of her living and following God's plan for her life. She believes that

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