This week I got a chance to interview my mom about money, how money should be use and her opinion on it. After the interview, I learned that my mom spend her money on things that she needs not wants. She told me her opinion on the needs and wants issue. She says” money should spend on what you needs, not what you wants. If you spend on what you needs, you probably needs it. But if you spend it on what you wants, then you probably won’t able to use it after you got it. I agreed with her, because many young person just buy things that thought was cool but, later, realized it wasn’t cool anymore. Also I asked my mom about the matters of handled money in a family. She responded” money should be share equally in a family”. Base on a family, I believed that a kid shouldn’t deserved less money because she/he wasn’t smart as her/his other siblings. In conclusion, my mom gave me some secrets to a joyful and fulfilling life are be myself, be positive, be honest, love myself and believe in myself.
This was the second week of MSP and today we did a Brown Paper Bag Activity. We were to bring three items inside of the bag and share what they mean to us with our team. I brought in a bracelet, a picture, and an apple. The bracelet was the last thing my grandmother gave me. The picture was from my childhood and it was to represent that I enjoyed my childhood and that I would like to help other children have a great childhood as well. The apple represented health and that I am grateful to be healthy. This week I hope to find out what exactly organization do and how they help out. 
I interviewed my mother and asked her how her live back at home was and how much live has changed for her since then. I interviewed my mom because she means the world to me. I am grateful to have her as my mother. My mother said that she went from trying her hardest to help her family back home at Mexico, to having a nice, stable job in order to support my sister and I. I learned that she faced many struggles with school, family, and helping around her house. She says that compared to back at her home in Mexico, money is needed here in order to do anything, that you can’t go one day without spending money in some way. She has told me countless time to save my money, so I can be able to have a backup fund in case of an emergency, or just to save so I can do activities with friends and family.
