Personal Narrative: Hard-Work, Middle Class Family

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I come from a hard-working, middle class family. Since I was a young child, my father worked as a truck driver while my mother stayed home to care for the children and tend to household chores. However, this ideal "white picket fence" life was threatened about ten years ago. My father was diagnosed with a severe form of Celiac Disease, an autoimmune disease that causes illness when gluten is consumed. Since the disease went unnoticed for several years, it inflicted great damage to my father. He was unable to work for about two years due to severe pain and numerous surgeries. Therefore, my family's income drastically decreased, and we were forced to strictly monitor our spending. As a ten year old, I remember having several fears: What if I