When I got something new to wear, I had to wait for an occasion to wear it. Now I wear what I get right away.

I couldn’t leave the house without taking a jacket.

I couldn’t have a snack too close to dinner because I would ‘spoil my appetite’.

There weren’t many rules. I was fortunate to be spared that.

My mom was made to clean the apartment for her mother. She resented it because the apartment was tiny and her mother didn’t work. And she was made to babysit her sister all the time. She was better to her kids in that respect.