Day: April 30, 2018

“You need to get a job” Owen remembered his mother say.  He had lost his mother years before—so much time had passed since he developed Alzheimer’s disease that he forgot what his mother looked like.  He just remembered that she was powerful, and she didn’t cut him any slack.  She pushed him to the limits to do what she thought was right.  You could say that his mother embodied the collective beliefs of the culture. “You need to make something of yourself or you will live in poverty—keep in mind…