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Originally Posted by Tennisnut
Got up at 4 am delivered papers, cleaned the house and also did the cooking. There wasn't no father, my mother was bed ridden with MS and my brother was two years younger. There were also some bed pans or other nursing issues. I also helped negotiate the $135 a month welfare payment with the social worker. Unfortunately, there were not as many social safety nets back then. I was 8 years old.
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Bless your heart, you had a hard introduction to life.
Your mother was lucky to have such an enterprising son, and only eight years old.
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