Abstract
Parental sacrifice is a reality author Miriam Vega knows much about. In her personal narrative, Vega brings forth a concept very few acknowledge, i.e., the cost of responsibility and its future effect on children. At a young age, Vega was charged with taking care of very young siblings, while her parents worked most of the day. She feels guilty about wanting a better life for herself because she acknowledges and appreciates her parents’ sacrifices. Growing up in a family where the “importance of work . . . [became] more of a survival tool than an art of success,” by the end of the narrative she finds herself on a journey where family and college life seem impossible to intersect.
Recommended Citation
Vega, Miriam
(2014)
"A Routine, A Life,"
First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/fgv/vol2/iss1/11
