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A story from when I was 7 years old. In 2003, I lived with my three sisters and our single-parent mom. Following the departure of her cousin, who had been helping out (in part 1 of this series), another cousin of hers stepped in intermittently to lend a hand with caring for us. This particular day, my mom had to attend a funeral and had asked him to stay over until she returned later that evening. I vividly recall waking up early that morning, showering my mom with goodbye ki

A story from when I was 6 years old. In 2002, my three sisters and I lived alone with our mother (a single parent) in a flat. She had her cousin come and assist her in taking care of us. Her cousin would babysit my little sister who was 10 months old at the time, when we went to school and my mum to work. Or so we thought. My little sister during this time would fall sick with typhoid fever and it was very recurrent. She was in qand out of the hospital for this specific issue

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