Essay About My Mother

poem, “Mother any distance” by Simon Armitage, is about a child and his mother. Throughout the poem, we see the relationship of the mother and child naturally develop and change. As the child gets older and becomes more independent he wants to leave the ‘birds nest’. Yet the mother doesn’t want to fully let go. Armitage uses symbolism, metaphor, and rhyme to affect my thoughts and/or feelings towards the mother. Armitage used symbolism to shape my thoughts and/or feelings towards the mother in…

School had just ended for summer vacation when my aunt took me by the hand and said, “Your face should be the first thing your mother sees when she wakes up.” I was twelve, and old enough to understand, but not prepared for what happened next. We walked through a maze of grey hallways until we reached a large room with rows of ugly striped curtains. Behind one, we found my mother. However, the patient did not resemble her at all. Her face and neck were bandaged, but the swelling was clearly…

single mother household in the Bronx from the age of 7. Growing up, I always saw my mother to be the hero, the one I can count on, my confidant. I remember my parents being together when I was a child. I moved to my grandmother’s house and when I came back to live with my parents it was only my mother. At the age of 7, I couldn’t understand why my father was never there. My dad was great to me but very abusive mentally and physically to my mother. I can remember back to the age of three, my…

When I was in Africa, all my mother wanted was a better education for her son. No matter how you put it Africa is a hard. My mother tries everything in her power to keep me in school by any means necessary. Doing my stay with her I remember her telling me, ”Musa I just want the best for you”. I would like for you to do your part by studying hard, and do all your homework. At the time, I was sixteen years old living with my mother. Because she was working in the Liberian government, I was allow…

sleep over at my house, and the crawfish festival was around that time and it was my birthday weekend. The whole weekend I had fun because my friends came spend my birthday with me and when that Sunday came it was time for my friends to go home because we had school the next day. My mother had her boyfriend drop them off because she was at work and I wanted to ride with them but he told me no I had to stay home, so when he was bringing her home something had happen because she had called my…

I compared and contrast my Mother and Miss Watson because they are both mother figure. Now I have compared Miss Watson and my Mother and they both have rules and they both want us to go to church. They both really want the best for their child and have them grow up smart. They both really try to do their best and to their knowledge to teach me or Huck how to be a responsible and an intelligent young man that could be able to take care of himself when the proper age comes to time but right now I…

As one of my class assignment, I was asked to interview a couple whose relationship I admire the most because of the amount of respect and love between them. I decided to interview my parents. My father married my mother when she was sixteen years old. So, their relationship is very strong because they had been together since a long time ago. I started my interview with my mother, asking her about what attracts her in my father. She said that she thinks that he is really attractive and handsome,…

Workshop A person who has had a great influence on my life and is continuing to support me in my journey, is my mother who is five-five feet tall, slim, long wavy brown hair. Her eyes are like mine; very low, Carmel skin color, and her scent is like fresh flowers. I thank god, every day for her she’s is my private therapist, she motives me to continue my education and she also supports me financially and with the care of my children. My mother was born on April 30th of ,1972 born in Cruz…

has an impact on the child. After being born in the United States, I was sent to live with my grandparents in the Philippines so that my mother and father can save up money in order to provide for me when I get back to the United States. A few years later, the day came and I arrive in the United States, terrified of what will happen to me because I was in a place with unfamiliar people and unfamiliar voices. My family and I resided in Oakland, California where the most life-changing experience…

bright sunlight illuminates my tiny body. I have now been born. I see my fellow leaves beside me and all over the mother tree. I awake to the sweet scents of nature, the subtle glow of the sun, a gentle breeze drifting by. After my first few minutes of life, I feel as though I am ready to take on the world and all that it has to offer. It has been a few sundowns; the weather is brisk. I look up to the skies and see that it is quite sunny out. I glance back at my mother tree and notice a child…