I worked a couple of summers in high school for $ 5 . 50 an hour . Worked on a farm . Started at 4 am milking cows . Saved $ 7 , 000 for college . Not enough , but it was something . Went to the bank one day to deposit my weekly check and the account had $ 7 in it . My mother borrowed it . I knew I ' d never see it again . It was so hard not to give up when that happened . I found a way though and got through college . I still can ' t believe she did that . I forgive her . I never even hmgot mad at her , but I just never have understood . She saw me getting up at 3 am , coming home covered in cowshit , and never taking a day off . Maybe she really intended to pay it back , but she didn ' t ask and she never paid anyone back .