Personal Narrative Essay: Taking Care Of Mother

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Mother 3.21.2018 Taking Care of Mother My brother never calls, so when I heard his voice on the phone, I knew it was bad news. “It’s about Mother,” he said. “She can’t live alone anymore.” He told me. I was immediately torn between my sense of responsibility and my sanity. She knew how to push my buttons, to drive me into an argument I could never win. She wasn’t a nice person all the time, but she wasn’t a bad mother. Nevertheless, my brother explained that with him at work, it would leave his wife to look after our mother, and she was already taking care of her mother. I knew I had to do it, although it didn’t seem to matter that I was also working a very demanding job, and had a teenage daughter living at home. “Of course, I’ll take care …show more content…

I refused to attend the soirees with the other girls my age, and I ruined my fifteenth birthday coming-of-age party by refusing to be flirtatious and, in my opinion, appearing like a prized horse on display at the State Fair. These affairs had the intention of displaying the young girls to find a suitable husband. Until then I adored my mother, and she doted on me by making me pretty clothes for special occasions. It was my lack of acceptance of the norm in our culture that created our problems as mother and …show more content…

“It’s going to be great, Mom,” I said to her. My brother looked relieved, and quickly left me with her. I made her comfortable in my car and warned her that it was going to be cold where I lived, so I hoped she brought some warm clothes. Otherwise, she wasn’t to worry, as I had brought an extra warm coat and boots that she could wear. Smiling her sweetest smile, she said she had packed all her winter clothes. I was surprised at how good it felt to see her again, filling my heart with love. Knowing that she had been on the road since early morning, I stopped the car at a restaurant around noon so she could rest and share some hot soup. After we had ordered and were comfortably enjoying the atmosphere, she leaned close to me in a conspiratorial manner and she asked me, “Who was that nice young man who brought me here?” “Who?” I said confused. “He was such a gentleman, but he insisted on sharing my room in the motel. Not the bed of course,” she said, giggling like a silly young

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