“THEY REFUSED TO SIT NEXT TO ME BECAUSE MY MOTHER CLEANED TOILETS – News

My mother, Lita, worked as the restroom cleaner at the school I attended.Yes — she was the woman with a broom and a bucket, the one who smelled of soap and disinfectant.

And yes, she was also the woman my classmates laughed at… while they looked at me with disgust.

THE CHILD WHO WAS ALWAYS ALONE

I was in Grade 1 then, my first day of school.

I was happy, wearing the new uniform my mother bought from a thrift shop.

The moment I walked into the classroom, I heard laughter.

“Hey, that’s the janitor’s kid!”“He probably smells like the toilet too!”