a. On weekends, Mom would try to spend as much time with me as she could.
b. My mother had to work very hard to keep food on the table.
c. When I was five, my father passed away.
d. She'd leave early for work, so I went to my grandmother's until school began.
e.Mom would come home for dinner, and then work an evening job.
f.At the end of the school day, Grandma would pick me up from school