The Separation Of Helen

Margaret is the mother of Helen, a beautiful young girl full of life and energy. Margaret spent her days adoring Helen; she lived her life for her. Until she fell ill and then she lived to get better just so she could see Helen and hear her voice once more. “Waking and sleeping, the three women spent their days and night in adoring the young girl; in watching the movements of her sweet spirit in the mirror of her face; in refreshing their souls with the vision of her bloom and beauty” (Twain, 1). Life is full of beauty, but beauty doesn’t last a lifetime, beauty fades along with the good times. Even though the good times don’t always last it’s important to hold to the wholesome memories, and thoughts in order to get through the hard times. In those hard times aside from good thoughts it is most important to be with loved ones and family, because in the end the people that are most important to an individual are the ones that will really get them through the pain and despair. …show more content…
She longed to be well enough that she could visit with her daughter, so they could laugh and sing together again. “Tell her I can't hear the piano this far, nor hear dear voice when she sings: God knows I wish I could. No one knows how sweet that voice is to me; and to think - someday it will be silent” (Twain, 15). The most important things to people are in all actuality the things people take for granted every day, like the voice of a child, the touch of a loved one, ones health, these are all things that most people are granted with everyday. It takes losing the things most important to realize how much they really mean to an individual. It is always the smallest things that mean the most in the