On Saturdays, I would spend time playing with my siblings and cousins running in fields. We would run and play in the fields. We would open watermelons and eat in the middle of the field. In our family, hard work was instilled at an early age. Although I enjoyed life playing and having fun there were times of hard work as well. My parents believed in living off the land. They also believed that you worked hard for your food. Most Saturdays we spent early mornings in the fields picking greens or beans. We had to pick greens, clean, and cook. We would work during summers to put food up for the winter. This taught us how to work for our food, clean and cook. Shelling peas was fun until your hand would hurt. My mother would tell us about her life growing up and history of working in the fields. She always taught us that nothing in life is free and that you had to work for whatever you
On Saturdays, I would spend time playing with my siblings and cousins running in fields. We would run and play in the fields. We would open watermelons and eat in the middle of the field. In our family, hard work was instilled at an early age. Although I enjoyed life playing and having fun there were times of hard work as well. My parents believed in living off the land. They also believed that you worked hard for your food. Most Saturdays we spent early mornings in the fields picking greens or beans. We had to pick greens, clean, and cook. We would work during summers to put food up for the winter. This taught us how to work for our food, clean and cook. Shelling peas was fun until your hand would hurt. My mother would tell us about her life growing up and history of working in the fields. She always taught us that nothing in life is free and that you had to work for whatever you