My father is dead, he made most of our money. My mother is financially illiterate. She put our family in this screwed up situation. I’m the youngest of 4, yet I have 2 jobs while still in highschool. I’m the least favourite. My older siblings don’t have jobs. I have to suffer so we can get by. I can’t focus in school because I’m thinking about bills. I’m a smart kid, but they love telling me how stupid I am. My mother is so mean to me. My siblings like to pretend everything is fine, as if we’re not struggling. We don’t have running water, I just paid the light bill and I barely have enough to get myself food at work. My eating habits are so bad. My iron is low because I barely eat. Since I have jobs, I’m not at the house often. My siblings eat most of the food in the house. It’s frustrating because I’m not allowed to call them out, or my mother will be angry at me. It’s just numbing to hear my friends try to make plans with me, but I can’t afford half the things they want to do with me. It’s insane hearing them talk about their problems. Like I said, I paid the light bill this week. In exchange my mother is letting me go to my friend’s birthday party. I made my friend a paper flower, I hope she likes it. It took me forever