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Personal Narrative: Working With My Family

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Some of my favorite low cost/free/local things to do are to walk to the library on fridays after school and sit at my favorite desk on the second floor of the library. I usually spend my time browsing the nonfiction shelves in search for a great novel. Moreover, I enjoy spending my time watching telelevsion with my family.

I am currently saving to pay for college. As a result of my father 's medical condition impeding him from working, my mother is forced to take on the burden of financially supporting our family. I am saving to lift another burden off of my mother 's shoulders. The hardest part about saving is not being able to wear the same designer clothes and luxuries as most of the girls in my school. The hardest part is staying
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