Student Bodies (2013)
“She said not a word as we climbed into the car and sped off. We drove for about ten minutes in silence when Mom suddenly hit the signal indicator and we pulled onto the shoulder of the roadway.
It was at this point that Mom started to cry.
She gazed up at me through tear-filled eyes and didn’t even make an attempt to regain her composure. Her body racked with every sob and in that moment of wild-eyed disbelief, I could feel my heart beginning to break.
She’d never remarried after Dad died. She ...didn’t date. She didn’t do anything more than to run her home-based herbology business and tend to every one of my needs. In truth, Mom didn’t have a life at all outside of me. No teenager wants to see a parent break down in front of them, because they’re supposed to be the anchor. Mothers and fathers are supposed to solve all of our problems. And right now, Mom looked like she had all the problems of the world weighing her down and I simply didn’t have a clue how I should respond.
So I opened the glove compartment and pulled out a small box of tissues.MoreLess
It was at this point that Mom started to cry.
She gazed up at me through tear-filled eyes and didn’t even make an attempt to regain her composure. Her body racked with every sob and in that moment of wild-eyed disbelief, I could feel my heart beginning to break.
She’d never remarried after Dad died. She ...didn’t date. She didn’t do anything more than to run her home-based herbology business and tend to every one of my needs. In truth, Mom didn’t have a life at all outside of me. No teenager wants to see a parent break down in front of them, because they’re supposed to be the anchor. Mothers and fathers are supposed to solve all of our problems. And right now, Mom looked like she had all the problems of the world weighing her down and I simply didn’t have a clue how I should respond.
So I opened the glove compartment and pulled out a small box of tissues.MoreLess
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