Firstly, let me start by reflecting from my family because they are my pride, without them I am nothing at all. They are the reason I am a person I am. They gave me a home. A shelter rather than being homeless and living on the streets. My parents played and they are still playing that important role in my life because my siblings and I never slept on an empty stomach. Sleeping on an empty stomach never happened and it will never happen no matter how the situation might be. Both my parents were unemployed, and that happened before my father got a job last year January but still we never slept on an empty stomach. They used to sell on the street vendors to sell the following; cleaning utensils such as brooms, mops, garden rakes and on the other side they sold chicken feet, chicken and raw meat.  As the eldest daughter (first born) it was not simple for me.

That was not simple for me but it led me to a point whereby I took my lunch money, taxi fare just to save it incase they might need the money for something important. When I saved money I used to walk to school for about 1hour 30 minutes and that did not matter to me. During lunch time I ate the feeding scheme. People looked down on me but I knew why I did that and nothing was wrong about eating feeding  scheme. I had to be the reason for my little sister and brother to smile and also the one to take care of the house when my parents went to hustle for us. 

They used to sell not only on sunny days but also on stormy as well as rainy days. I did not want to see my siblings crying or even stressed however I was the one who made them smile all the time. I was their shoulder to cry on. I had to cook because they did not have to starve while I was available. And my grandmother played her role upon my life when I was still in grade 4. She taught me how to be responsible and do things on my own. I learned how to cook, do house-hold chores and do gardening while I was still young.

My mother also played an important role in my life because she taught me how to be a wife incase I get married. How things should be done because being in marriage it is not that simple. As a woman you have spaces to fill in and I saw from our situations at home that it is not simple in life and it will never be. All we have to do as human beings is to remain calm and have self-control. Without self control as a female you will find yourself being pregnant at an early age. If you are a male have self control as well  and not end up in jail.