RE: There's Always A Way

What a beautiful tribute to your late mother @anggreklestari. I enjoyed reading about her unselfishness in guiding and teaching you. Also sharing her meager resources. It's amazing that people find a connection through sharing their life stories.

You wrote your childhood as if you were writing mine. Scarce financial resources. But we always had enough food thanks to my late mom's ingenuity and ability to stretch whatever was available. We were subsidized, as many of our neighbors in our part of town, by government aid. That aid wasn't the best in terms of nutrition, but my mom made it work with plenty of veggies and eggs from her garden and small flock of chickens she raised.

Also, when you speak of not going to kindergarten. I also didn't go to kindergarten. Back then, it wasn't required, so my parents didn't allow me to attend. I was as dumb as a rock when I entered first grade. Didn't know how to spell cat and dog. It felt as if I was in the Twilight Zone. Actually, I flunked the first grade and had to repeat it. But during the summer, I learned my Alphabets and number, and how to spell may name and other simple things, like cat and dog.

I look back on that period in my life as a harsh reality of poverty in which my parents didn't possess a higher education, nor did they complete high school. I don't fault them in the least. They did the best they could with the knowledge they possessed at that time.

Thanks so much for sharing this. And the food from the vendor looks delicious. Take care and have a good start to your weekend.

!LADY