A Person I Knew
It has been 27 years that I have known this one person, which I will always admire in my life. She has been there though the toughest times and the times that we just wanted to smile. I have to admit my first memories are very vague: but I manage to do the best to remember what they are.
The earliest ones are getting ready for school. Just by turning on the light was the first sign that said "Get up now and get dressed for school". There was no horsing around then. But with 5 kids including me, to be ready by the time Johnny "the bus driver" will pull up in front of our house at exactly 7:30am. Those days were the good old days. Time when on and she was still there hanging in no matter what happened.
There were rough times to come. She had a house, family and a husband that she had to take care of. Between 5 kids she had her share of school visits. Both bad and good. She would always manage to be there for all of us. I remember on Halloween she would make our costume: and back then that was the most exciting time of my life. She always made each one of us feel special in our on special way. She understood us so much that she could predict our next step in life.
But like anyone she had her own personal problems. This was the side that we didn't see or understand till we got older. She had a mother and a father to take care of. And she did manage. She also would watch over her father in law and, that was a handful. Trying not to step over boundaries with my father's side while taking care of her father-in-law. It was hard on her. I remember arguments between her and my dad. Not once did she ever take it out on us. As for as I can remember we were always her 1st priority. It seemed as things feel apart for her or my dad. I remember her being happy around us, making us little picnics so we can eat outside on our picnic table. Cutting up watermelon so we can eat outside while we splash around in the water on those hot...
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