“No job is a disgrace, because each one has its value and serves a purpose. If there were no bakers, we would have no bread. If doctors stopped working, there would be definitely more deaths than now. And if everyone carelessly threw garbage into the street, and those those who clean them would rebel and not come to work, we would live like in a landfill. Exactly.
“There was always money for education, but I preferred to party and live in the moment”
My parents told me – study, because if you don’t study, you will collect garbage. As a teenager, I made fun of them, and today collecting garbage is my profession. It’s not easy for me to talk about it, but I have the impression that if I had started reading books or doing homework a dozen or so years ago, my life would have looked different. I know that a lot also depends on the parents and the so-called take off. I had it and I just didn’t use it. There was always money for education, but I preferred to party and live in the moment.
I found a boyfriend, quickly became pregnant and became a mother. Later, my partner left me and I got involved with someone else. As fate would have it, a few months later I welcomed another child into the world. We lived modestly but well. Unfortunately, after some time, my then partner fell into alcoholism, and I could no longer fight for this relationship alone. I left him and at the age of 35 I was left with two demanding, growing children. Every day was a struggle for me. Today I would act completely differently, but I no longer have any prospects to change.
“When they told my son in kindergarten what their mother did, their peers didn’t believe them and laughed at them”
I am alone and I have to work to provide my children with a decent life. We rent an apartment and what if I stopped paying because we were thrown out on the street. This is the reality. When they told their son at kindergarten what their mother did, their peers did not believe them and laughed at them. I felt sorry, but I had no control over it. I don’t steal and I earn honestly. I often go to work at night, and my aunt takes care of the children. Parents are dead. I can barely make ends meet, but everything I do, I do with the children in mind. Well, but what? I don’t feel sorry for myself anymore and I move on. Just move forward.”
Beata.
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Source: Gazeta
Bruce is a talented author and journalist with a passion for entertainment . He currently works as a writer at the 247 News Agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the industry.
