As I was loading my car to go back to school, the phone rang.
“Daneen, don't rush back, he said.
“Why? What's wrong? I asked, panic rising.
“Grandma died last night, and we have decided to put Grandpa in a retirement home. I'm sorry.
I hung up the phone feeling like my world had ended. I had lost my friend, and that was far worse than knowing I would have to return to dishwashing.
I went back at the end of four weeks, asking to begin the work-study program again. The financial aid advisor looked at me as if I had lost my mind. I explained my position, then he smiled and slid me an envelope. “This is for you, he said.
It was from grandma. She had known how sick she was. In the envelope was enough money to pay for the rest of my school year and a request that I take piano lessons in her memory.
I don't think “The Old Grey Mare was even played with more feeling than it was my second year in college. Now, years later, when I walk by a piano, I smile and think of Grandma. She is tearing up the ivories in heaven, I am sure.
来自大家庭既有好处也有坏处。如果是个单亲大家庭,好坏都会变成双倍。当有人要离家去念大学时,坏处尤其明显。为了支付一年的开销,父母只好将寿险兑换成现金。
母亲一早知道她无力送我上学与支付学费。她在一家零售店工作,挣的钱刚够养活家里的其他孩子。如果我想上大学,就得自食其力。
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