I grew up in a small town of about 1700 people in the north-eastern United States. There was my mother and father, my two younger twin sisters, and me, the older brother. My parents made a living by running a small shop where my father would sell the antlers and skin of the animals he would hunt and my mother would sell art supplies.
We were able to survive like this for many years. Just the five of us, maybe a stray dog one of my sisters had found and insisted we keep because “He’s just so cute!” or “We’ll promise to take care of him”. Usually my parent gave in because it was easier than listening to them whine about it, and despite my father’s protests, I knew he liked having a dog to go hunting with him.
Once the 1930’s came along our town …show more content…
My mother would come home from a day at the shop with gossip from other people in town.
“Old Man James left town today”, or “The Stevens and their six kids finally realized they could feed their entire family in this dump of a …show more content…
I think she went to go live with her kids” were common things to hear from my mother. These updates would come once a week and it was no longer shocking to any of us. I was just envious of the people who may have the opportunity to make a better life for themselves, while I sat around and watched m sisters get thinner and the shaking got worse. These episodes were often now accompanied by joint pains and headaches.
Once I graduated high school to, I applied to every university I could, hoping to get accepted. This went on for months until one university out of state finally accepted me and I was able to start my study of medicine. During the summer months I was too busy working to spend much time back home with my mother and sisters. My father had passed away in the first year of my studies to some unknown
We were able to survive like this for many years. Just the five of us, maybe a stray dog one of my sisters had found and insisted we keep because “He’s just so cute!” or “We’ll promise to take care of him”. Usually my parent gave in because it was easier than listening to them whine about it, and despite my father’s protests, I knew he liked having a dog to go hunting with him.
Once the 1930’s came along our town …show more content…
My mother would come home from a day at the shop with gossip from other people in town.
“Old Man James left town today”, or “The Stevens and their six kids finally realized they could feed their entire family in this dump of a …show more content…
I think she went to go live with her kids” were common things to hear from my mother. These updates would come once a week and it was no longer shocking to any of us. I was just envious of the people who may have the opportunity to make a better life for themselves, while I sat around and watched m sisters get thinner and the shaking got worse. These episodes were often now accompanied by joint pains and headaches.
Once I graduated high school to, I applied to every university I could, hoping to get accepted. This went on for months until one university out of state finally accepted me and I was able to start my study of medicine. During the summer months I was too busy working to spend much time back home with my mother and sisters. My father had passed away in the first year of my studies to some unknown