I asked my husband to make me a simple cup of tea.
He said to me, “Woman, where could the tea bags be?”
I said to him, “How long have you lived here to not know where things are?
You should know that they are in the cupboard in the blue jar.”
I said to him, “When you are done, I have more work for you to do.”
He looked at me with a smile and said, “Anything for you.”
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Adelen Herman studies at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Adult Learning Center, where the site manager is Winsome Pryce-Cortes. Born in Desruisseaux, St. Lucia, Adelen Herman arrived in the United States in 2003. She writes, “I love taking care of children. I have two wonderful sons of my own.”