My Mother Never Worked

Chris Godkin D. Maggard English 1113, 323 19, September 2012 My Mother Never Worked In the floor My Mother Never Worked, comme il faut Smith-Yackel recalls the time she contacted the sociable hostage armed service about her gravels death benefits. At that time, bonny was devote on hold while the Social Security melt downer searched by dint of the files for the record of Martha Jerabek Smith. During the time she was waiting, Bonnie began to reminisce about the life of her decedent arrive. As time goes by, the worker eventually returns to the phone.The worker explains to Bonnie that she is non able to receive the death benefits of her mother due to the fact she neer had recordable job. During the duration of the phone call with the Social Security worker, Bonnie seemed kind of distraught in she was very slow to answer the questions of the worker. She took short pauses end-to-end her sentences before completing them. She was asked a few questions about her mother in relat ion to her name, age, Social Security number and if she was on Social Security. Bonnie told the worker that her mother was seventy eight and was on Social Security but she did not know the number.The worker then placed Smith-Yackel on hold while she searched for Martha Jerabek Smiths record. Bonnie then employ that time to search through her mind and recollect the memory of her mother. Her mother graduated high school in 1913, as did her father the identical yr. Martha loved Ben F. Smith, Bonnies father, but was afraid of marriage. The thought of formulation her wedding sidereal daytime, having children and just being a married woman do her nervous and sick. As the age went by, she overcame her worries and married her love, Ben F. Smith, and began invokeing.In January, 1922 Martha gave birth to her first daughter. Her second gear child, a boy, was born in March 1923. During this time, they were renting farms and work on other peoples farms to earn what little income they could. Martha learned to do a variety of tasks. Such as, tend to chickens and livestock, plant and harvest crops, and bear fruits and vegetables. In September 1925, and again in June 1927, Martha gave birth to her third and quaternate child- both daughters. In 1930, they reclaimed a forty-acre field. Her mother worked the fields day after day.Harvesting and planting, tending to livestock, anything that needed to be done, she was able to do. A year later, a drought hit and dried up the soil, starving and dehydrating the crops. only half of the crops were harvested that year. In February 1934, their fifth child, a daughter, was born. During the winters, Martha sewed coats and jackets, and remade clothes so they would fit the growing children. In 1937 she gave birth to her fifth daughter. In 1939, she expose her second son. In 1941, her third son and eighth child were born.By then, she had xxx head of cattle which she milked daily. Shortly after, the Rural Electricity Administrati on and interior plumbing had arrived. In 1959 her youngest child graduated. Though she was aging, Martha still worked every day out in the fields, making sure that everything was in order. Ten years later Martha and Ben were heading into town for sugar when they crashed into a ditch. Martha was severely hurt and paralyzed from the waist down. In 1970 Ben F. Smith passed away. Martha had done her best to reclaim self-control and order in life.It was over bearing for her to lose her married man and have to deal with the burden of paralysis. She attended a rehabilitation impart where she learned to be independent and self-sufficient in a turn over chair. Though she was in a wheel chair, she still worked every day. She tin fruit and vegetables, sewed coats and even made a quilt. A junction quickly caught Bonnies attention. It was the Social Security worker, she had found the file. She state that Bonnies mother had been receiving a widows pension. Bonnie then agreed with the work er.Then she stated that her mother is not entitled the Social Security services death benefit. Confused, Bonnie asked why her mother was not entitled. The worker said, Well, you see your mother never worked. The way the base ends is superb. It makes one think back to all the work that Martha did on the farm and in the home. In the look of the knowing, we see that she had in fact been working herself to the bone on a farm for most her life. In the eyes of the government, or the blind more or less, Martha had no official work history. Therefore she was unable to receive any benefits.