was irritated that she’d been much more lenient with my older brother. Anything he wanted to do, she’d say “all right.” Anything I wanted to do, she’d say “no.” When I’d complain that it wasn’t fair, she’d respond: “Well, look what happened to Kenneth. I made a mistake doing that with him. I’m not making that mistake with you.” And that was why I never really rebelled. I saw where the road of not listening to my mom went. But I never saw examples of what happened on the other road. So I made the decision to suck it up, listen to my mom, and make the best of the situation.
