I read "The Virtue of Motherhood" by Teresa Botts. All in all it was a really good piece of writing. I love how the viewpoint is in first person and Teresa is able to describe her mother with sensory details and a little bit of dialouge. She, like many authors leave you with a cliffhanger on the end and it feels unfinished. The amount of visualization that Teresa included is what made this story so effective.
I personally think that she was able to show us the readers what the themes of love and parenthood was to the parent and what it was like for the child to have a parent. It shows the connection between the two as something incredible and you can see how close the child and mother are to each other. This made me remember some of the best times I had with my mother and I was able to feel a connection with the girl in this story. I could empathize with her and see how she felt about her mom as an individual who would never give up on her and would always be with her until the very end. I love the theme of parenthood and how even though it has moments where it is tough to do, the reward is being able to see your children grow up into successful people and being able to give them constant love and support and to hear that "I love you mom/dad" coming from them. It really makes me feel as if my parents are next to me, helping me out even though they are at work or at home. I also love how the child has to be responsible to help out her mother quit her smoking habit.
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