In my StoryCorps-esque project, I interviewed my mother. The conversation took place in our family's living room where it took place with just my mother and me in a very calm and peaceful setting. We talked for what seemed like 5 minutes, almost 3 hours. The conversation was meaningful and deep, I never knew my mother felt the way she felt about certain aspects of life because as someone I know she seemed simple to me but this conversation says otherwise . At the start of the interview I wanted to start with the basics such as how his childhood was and what his parents were like, this is also something I've already asked because I'm curious about what his parents were like. his parents because I don't know them at all. She said that she grew up normally, that her parents were normal, that they had the typical family of the time, that her father was a hard-working businessman and that her mother stayed at home. She grew up in a large family of 7 siblings, uncles, aunts and many cousins. She wishes that my siblings and I could grow up in an environment where a lot of family grows up with you. The subject therefore returns to her childhood, she went to boarding school in 9th grade. Although she loved school, she felt very alone there, disconnected from her family. She was a good student, got good grades, but like most students, she started falling behind in 11th grade and barely passed 12th grade. After high school, she moved to the Ethiopian capital and lived there with her aunt for two years. After those two years there, she thought for a while that she was going to leave the country and that wasn't what she expected. I asked him to talk more about it because the conversation seemed to have diminished. She first moved out with a better life, her life was average but in the middle of paper...which I found very true. Then I asked her one last question about how she would like to be remembered. She says many people misunderstand her because of her appearances, but she won't prove herself. She says she is always compassionate to her family and that it is her number one priority. And that all she wants is happiness, humans only make each other suffer and it should be nature to be happy. She says she is going to live a long and happy life and she wants people to know her as happy. I have to say, coming away from this conversation, I have never met a more serious person. My mother is not just a boring figure who provides for me, she is a phenomenal woman. She is so family oriented and a happy woman. Even though there are many failures in her life, she does not dwell on the negative, she remains happy. But I learned so much