Luca R's Blog

                                               Part 2. When my mom isn't drunk, she tries to help. She's really helpful when she tries, I could really use her help. I try very hard to keep this family together but sometimes i really just can't. In the night when one of my sisters would wake up needing the toilet, I would have to take her to the toilet on the other side of town. At those toilets, there are sometimes bad people so we have to be very careful. I would really hope none of my sisters get sick because I would have to run all over the place to try and get medicine for her. I would really need a shower at some point but my family doesn't have a shower, I would try to trade to get a shower. I have a small house with two bedrooms, I would hope in the future that the government would help the houses. One day I saw a bird eating a bottle lid, I really hope ...

                                                       Part 1. I am telling you about my life in my town. I am 16 years old, my name is Oluwetou, I am in a family of four. I am the oldest since my brother died, last year from a gun shot. My mom doesn't take care of my younger sisters and me. She drinks a lot, dads death was really hard for her and she just couldn't handle it. When I wake up in the mornings, I have to make sure that everyone get to school on time, that no one goes to school starving and take care of my mom. Sometimes when there has been a flood, we have to walk through rivers on the way to school. I am close to being the only girl in my class. Nearly all my friends and classmates are pregnant, went onto gangs or got into drugs. When I come home, sometimes I find my mom on the floor past out. I try to get her on the bed so that my ...