I think she is an exemple because she was “the man of the house” for some years. I say this because my father was unemployed that time. She always told me that the only thing she could let me as a inheritance was my education. So, she did hard to pay me the best school of Rio Claro.
My admiration for her is not just about what she did when my father didn’t had a job. She is a hardwork person. She is the sixth child of twelve childrens…like you can imagine my grandfather wasn’t a rich man, they had money enough to pay bills and to buy food. My mother stared to work as a manicure at twelve years old against my grandfather’s wish.
When my mom was twenty she opened her own hairdresser. Since then she had helped her sibilings on their education. My youngests aunts went to The United States to study with her help. Also, she could buy presents to her parents too.
Teaching me how to enjoy life was very precious for me. She loves her job and her clients know this and are very loyal. There are clients who follow her since the begining, now almost 36 years. She never complains about her job, even though my father asks her to work less. And inside everything she is the biggest fan of my father. She brought back his self stime and admire him as a man and as a professional well succesfull.
I love her and admire her….actually we argue a lot but this is very small near what she had done to the family.
I loved your story, Livia. Sometimes I wonder where women who were born in the countryside find so much courage and determination to overcome their difficulties such as a husband losing his job. I admire your mother too because she must have faced a lot of prejudice from the community for being the person who brought the bacon home, which is normally the job that belongs to the husband. Also, your dad must have faced a lot of difficulties having to come to terms with the fact that his wife was the one who brought home the money, and not him.
Now, as far as your mom not wanting to give up on her job and retire has to do with the fact that she has been doing what she does for such a long time that I think that she cannot picture her life without this routine anymore. Maybe she should continue working if this work still brings her pleasure in life. What do you think?
Well Rick, I am glad you have liked the post. Even though my father, thank God, can sustain the house now, my mother probably will work until she became a grandgrandgrandmother….rs
She hadn’t let my father fell under her, she had always encouraged him to go ahead. Now he is a famous “radiestesista” and he has his schedule full of appointments. Actually, he is my idol too.
Livia, I liked your history too… As a daughter and as a mother now I believe that be part of a structure family with love and good examples is probably the most important thing when we are growing up. I hope I can be a mother that my daughters can admire and love as I love my parents and you loves yours.
Heliaura