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A Mother’s Love
People say that a mother's love knows no boundaries. This is true when it comes to my mother. She has sacrificed so many things so my sisters and I could have a better life. She has been there for me through thick and thin.
My mother comes from a rather large family of twelve and she is the youngest. Her father died when she was three and her mother died when she was fifteen. My mother dropped out of school when she was fifteen because no one could afford to pay her studies. She then started working to help out her brothers and sisters. When she was nineteen she married my father and when they had my sisters and I, they decided to move to the United States so that we could have a better life. My mother and father did not know English but somehow they communicated with other people. My mom stayed at home and raised us while my dad was working. There were so many dangerous incidents that happened where we lived that we kept moving from apartment to apartment. My mother finally decided that it was not safe to raise three girls in California so we all moved to Texas when I was seven. We lived with relatives for a few years but my mother was determined to have a house for ourselves. My dad would work day and night and my mother would pray every day asking God to give us a home. We finally got our beautiful house.
My parents have worked so hard to give us everything. They have always been there when we have needed them. My mother is always alert, when I am sick she takes care of me, when I'm sad she tries to cheer me up. She always tells my sisters and I that all she wants is for us to be happy, even if she does not agree with us. I have taken my mother for granted for so long that just saying it makes me feel ashamed.
There's a saying that goes "you don't appreciate something until it's gone," well, I finally had a chance to experience it. My parents went to Mexico this winter because my mother was going to have surgery. I know they were only gone for two weeks, but it felt like an eternity to me. For once in my life my mother was not there to hold and comfort me. Our family is very united and we always travel together, but this time we could not go with them due to the circumstances. Those two weeks made me realize how much I love my mother. I realized that the day will come when I no longer have her. All the things she has done for me are incredible. When I suffer she suffers with me. I have to show her how much I cherish and care about her. She means the world to me. She is a part of me.
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