My mother was a nurse. Worked out of the home my whole life. My grandmother was the one who took care of me while sick.
My mother stayed home until my younger brother started first grade. Then she got a job at a grocery store working the hours we were in school. Once were old enough to come home to an empty house, she went to work at a factory. She got home about an hour after we did. My dad was a long haul trucker so he was gone a lot.
She needed to support my brother and me since my father left when I was four. Mama did a great job with a little help from my grandparents. I'm so grateful for all of them.