For Pa - In Gratitude and Guilt

You menialised for us like buying cigarettes and leaving them under the pillow because I worked late at night studying while a student though you did not smoke you would even cook for us whenever the need arose go on unasked errands And I used to wonder why you made no demands like a Pater Familias except for money needed badly in the raising of a large family and many free loaders from your orphaned childhood.