7. From wasted to hard worker.

After school I and my sister come home and leave the bags at home and go do small jobs for people, some pay us then and there some pay us at the end of the month, and some cheat us by just getting their work done and not paying us. I try fighting but my sister doesn't let me. She drags me from that place for fear of being beaten. The small amount we earn is a very big amount for the family we have now. I not only work but learn about people and life here and now.

In the evening we come home, clean up and make tea, at times we play with the kids from our street, and then start studying till our mother gets home. She brings us some thing to eat like a small bun or a small piece of pie. I take only a small bite and leave the rest for my mom and sister. It's not I don't like to eat. It's because I have tasted and eaten a lot in my previous life but my mom and sister have not had that privilege so whenever I get a chance I let them have a big share and I take a small one. It is at this time I feel that when I grow up and earn I would give both of them the world.

I don't compare but I feel my present mom Rose, as I like to call her, really deserves my love and care because my parents from my earlier life were rich for generations so they gave me everything, but my present mom Rose, even thought she struggles with life and now without her husband, she gives all she has including her love to both her children. I find that motherly love beautiful.

The second person I should look after is my sister Daniella. She is the one who cared for me, after my mom that is, mostly. When my parents we busy making ends meet she gave me the mother's love that I wanted. She was and is another mother to me. I would not let anyone harm her. I never had a sister in my previous life and I so badly wanted one then and I have it now. For now I may be small and young but I won't be like this for long and I will become strong to protect these two most valuable people in my life.

At the end of the day even though we sleep late after cleaning and finishing our homework we fall asleep at once but I could only crave for this sleep in my previous life maybe because I used to waste away the time. As Angela after I come from school I had my lunch and would just sleep or watch TV. In the evening for sometime I would study a few of my favorite subjects and then I go out for functions, or just watch TV and idle away my time. The only good thing was I loved to read and was a voracious reader. Maybe because I wasted time I couldn't sleep then and maybe because I work hard now and spend my time well I might be sleeping well.