Personal Narrative: My Lone Parent

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My mother is a lone parent for the past 21 years or since the birth of her first born. Since then, she has raised all of her four children single handedly as there are no other working members of the family. She is the only one providing for our financial needs with no support received from our relatives. With her as our only source of income, the expenses of our family consume most (if not all) or her salary. We have minimum to no extra income for luxury. She is currently paying for the tuition fee of her four children, two who are in college and enrolled in a notable University, my younger sister in a Science High School and me in a private high school. She is also paying for our miscellaneous fees such as allowances, transportation and other