When his family lost their home due to financial hardship, Steven’s world was turned upside down. With nowhere else to go, the family moved in to share his aunt’s small apartment.
It broke Steven’s heart to see his mum feeling so helpless, trying to stay strong and brave for her children. Sometimes I would sleep on the floor and mum would sleep on the couch because she was pregnant as I got older. I felt a lot worse when I was mum helpless. It made me feel like I was falling into an endless void.
Until the school started to give me notebooks and pencil things we could not afford as soon as I graduated college it was the best feeling I have ever felt seeing the look on my mum’s face. It made my world tune right side up.
And I knew if I kept working hard I could help my mum. I just hope I never feel like I’m in a void again. I just feel horrible, just horrible but others helped me. They supported me when I needed help the most and they pulled me out of the void and made me feel better about myself .