Into 3 to 5

I come from a small and modest family.  Back to my childhood, my Mom and Dad didn't have quite enough fortune to fulfill some sort of peculiar needs.  So, my two little sisters and I should be very carefully to manage our need because we didn't want to burden our parents.

We are used to share everything. We shared bedroom together until I was 10, we wore the same triplet dress made by Mom, or when we are eating for something, we order differently, have a bite and taste the food ordered by others.

Speaking about food, Mom and Dad don't want us become greedy. From day one, they have taught us the enjoyment of sharing food. One of their way was very funny.

The one slicing the food, whether into 3 or 5, is the last one to pick the slice. So, she won't get a chance to slice uneven in purpose, and pick the biggest one. If she did, she would definitely get the tiniest one. And this rule works very well.

But being a child, or a selfish human being, sometimes me or my sisters had a trouble to deal with it, particularly when it came about our favorite food. For instance.

I love omelette so much, and my family loves it thick with red onions and chilly in it. So, when I am ordered to make one, I find it difficult to slice it evenly. My mouth starts watery because the temptation from it's smell. But still, as the oldest one, I need to show some examples that it isn't that hard to let something you love is out of your reach and being taken by someone you love more than just an omelette.

Not only that. Thanks to my parent's parenting, each time we have something to eat separately, we always think about to each other. And if we can, let say we have only one bread to share, I will let my youngest sister to have it first, then my other younger sister, and then me take a bite. Or, when there are my parents, we (three of us) will let Mom and Dad have it first (which they usually don't take any of it). Even it's only for a teeny tiny bite of bread.

I can't ask for more of a family.  I love my family so much.  We may not that wealthy enough in fortune, but we are such incredible in a proper behaviour.

Note:  Pict taken from tomzick.wordpress.com