Peter Aguero

So I, I start to do my laundry and my mom comes home from work and she immediately takes over. It doesn't let me do it myself. And I ended up helping her with it. And she's happy to see me. She's happy that I'm home. Uh, when we're done that, we go up to have dinner and my mom makes, uh, tomato casserole was one of my favorite things.

It was canned tomatoes with cubes of Wonder Bread and American cheese baked in the oven. If you put enough shaky cheese on it, it's delicious, you know. So we're sitting there in the two kitchen chairs and I'm telling her all about my first semester of college and how it finished up. And she's so proud of me. And she's telling me about work.

It was canned tomatoes with cubes of Wonder Bread and American cheese baked in the oven. If you put enough shaky cheese on it, it's delicious, you know. So we're sitting there in the two kitchen chairs and I'm telling her all about my first semester of college and how it finished up. And she's so proud of me. And she's telling me about work.

It was canned tomatoes with cubes of Wonder Bread and American cheese baked in the oven. If you put enough shaky cheese on it, it's delicious, you know. So we're sitting there in the two kitchen chairs and I'm telling her all about my first semester of college and how it finished up. And she's so proud of me. And she's telling me about work.

My mom's a nurse and she's been taking all of the shifts that she can. But She had warned me that she was starting to have to sell stuff in the house to be able to catch up on the bills because the house was too big for the two of us. Now that I was away at school, it was just her. So she was doing everything she could. And she warned me, but it was still shocking, you know.

My mom's a nurse and she's been taking all of the shifts that she can. But She had warned me that she was starting to have to sell stuff in the house to be able to catch up on the bills because the house was too big for the two of us. Now that I was away at school, it was just her. So she was doing everything she could. And she warned me, but it was still shocking, you know.

My mom's a nurse and she's been taking all of the shifts that she can. But She had warned me that she was starting to have to sell stuff in the house to be able to catch up on the bills because the house was too big for the two of us. Now that I was away at school, it was just her. So she was doing everything she could. And she warned me, but it was still shocking, you know.

She had just taken a second job, a part-time seasonal job at the mall behind the perfume counter. My mom didn't like people telling her what to do, so I knew that wasn't going to last very long.

She had just taken a second job, a part-time seasonal job at the mall behind the perfume counter. My mom didn't like people telling her what to do, so I knew that wasn't going to last very long.

She had just taken a second job, a part-time seasonal job at the mall behind the perfume counter. My mom didn't like people telling her what to do, so I knew that wasn't going to last very long.

And while we're sitting there at dinner, she tells me that, she says, Pete, we're not going to have a lot of money this year for Christmas, so I don't think we're going to be able to give each other presents. And I said, that's okay, Mom. And I'm being completely honest. I'm just happy to be home with her. I don't need anything. And that's the truth.

And while we're sitting there at dinner, she tells me that, she says, Pete, we're not going to have a lot of money this year for Christmas, so I don't think we're going to be able to give each other presents. And I said, that's okay, Mom. And I'm being completely honest. I'm just happy to be home with her. I don't need anything. And that's the truth.

And while we're sitting there at dinner, she tells me that, she says, Pete, we're not going to have a lot of money this year for Christmas, so I don't think we're going to be able to give each other presents. And I said, that's okay, Mom. And I'm being completely honest. I'm just happy to be home with her. I don't need anything. And that's the truth.

And we sit there eating quietly for a minute, and then she says... You know what would be funny? What if we cut out pictures of things from magazines that we would give to each other if we could? And we laughed about it. And then we cried about it because it's really sad. It's a really sad thing.

And we sit there eating quietly for a minute, and then she says... You know what would be funny? What if we cut out pictures of things from magazines that we would give to each other if we could? And we laughed about it. And then we cried about it because it's really sad. It's a really sad thing.

And we sit there eating quietly for a minute, and then she says... You know what would be funny? What if we cut out pictures of things from magazines that we would give to each other if we could? And we laughed about it. And then we cried about it because it's really sad. It's a really sad thing.

But then we laughed again because, man, like no matter how hard things are, you just have to laugh, you know. The next day I decide I'm going to make the house look as Christmassy as possible. And I go up to the attic and I get the boxes down with the lights and I hang the lights in the bushes out front and around the gutters. I want to go get a Christmas tree.

But then we laughed again because, man, like no matter how hard things are, you just have to laugh, you know. The next day I decide I'm going to make the house look as Christmassy as possible. And I go up to the attic and I get the boxes down with the lights and I hang the lights in the bushes out front and around the gutters. I want to go get a Christmas tree.

But then we laughed again because, man, like no matter how hard things are, you just have to laugh, you know. The next day I decide I'm going to make the house look as Christmassy as possible. And I go up to the attic and I get the boxes down with the lights and I hang the lights in the bushes out front and around the gutters. I want to go get a Christmas tree.

I grew up in a little small town in New Jersey called Delanco. It was a little small town, 2,500 people, mostly farms. At that time, there wasn't Walmart or big stores or anything. So I went over to the local Christmas tree farm to get a Christmas tree. I figured they'd give me a deal because I used to date their daughter.