Document Type
Narrative
Publication Date
Fall 2012
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.
Repository Citation
Vega, Miriam, "A Routine, A Life" (2012). First To Go Program. 3.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/ftg/3
