When I was like 5 years old  I started living with my grandma. I use to live in El Salvador and in El Salvador, it would always be hot. I always  use to get headaches it was normal for me to get headaches almost every 3 days. I always told my grandma and she will just give me an acetaminophen pill and It always works. After like a 1hr the headache was gone. My grandma always kept acetaminophen around;  because she knew that it would always come in handy when someone would need it. One day she told me when I got headaches I could just go and take one acetaminophen pill. So when I got headaches, I wouldn’t even ask my grandma I would just go and take one. My grandma didn’t just give it to me she gave it to anyone that felt pain in their body and it will relieve the pain. When I left El Salvador and started living in the U.S I started to get fewer headaches. I always keep acetaminophen close to me in case I get a headache. Acetaminophen is important to me, because it reminds me of my grandma.

– Italo Pineda Cuellar

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