Imagine being on the road, at 6:12 a.m heading to Pa’ia. Kaulana, My mommy, driving while angrily gazing at me. With her dark brown eyes and her hair up into a bun. “Jamesberly, where is your bus pass!” A 30 year old women with one daughter, Jamesberly, and two nieces, Hannah and Juliana, who she is also taking care of. A women with at tattoo on her neck saying Akahi and another on her finger saying Jamesberly which is bedraggled. On her finger she has an immense diamond ring from her husband of three years.. She has long eyelashes and a gray shirt on. My mother somehow takes care of the three of us, puts food on the table, drives us to the mall, soccer games, and other events. Helps us with homework, and gives us money each week as an allowance. She rarely gets mad but when she does “Watch Out.” She is overly stressed right now because of the house move we are doing at this time, moving from Wailuku to Haiku, while fixing up her mom’s old house with the money she has somehow saved on a small income each month. My mother went to college in her early 20’s while raising me as a single mother. Unfortunately, due to complications with her illness (lupus), she …show more content…
She wanted to stay in Maui because it was available due to her circumstances. Colledge was challenging for Kaulana because she was a young mom, working full-time at Ka Lima O Maui, while going to her classes part-time. She was in college for 3 years, Taking nursing because she thought it was fascinating to learn about other bacteria, viruses, and the body. She also said “I wanted to be able to help others.” Something that was very strange that Kaulana had to do was dissecting a lamb's brain! Ew! She was with joy to achieve her nursing certificate , but later down the line she struggles with stress which lead her to a stroke. Although, Kaulana liked college and then had a child to worry about and a job which made her very frustrated to attend