Mum

Some time ago I wrote here about my father, and I think I must write about my mother now. I have the luck to have my mum with me, I´m twenty seven years old but I still live with her. Ana is her name: She is a very strong woman, a very quiet and caring. She is one of several brothers and sisters and she spent her childhood living in many places, such as Rio Negro, where she lived in a small town near to the sea. She also lived in Cordoba and Chaco. She was born where in Tafi Viejo but after that she travelled to these places. She met my father here and married him. After this she has lived in the same house where we have always lived. She is a housewife and an excellent mother, who is able to give everything to her children, all her support and patient. I wonder where she takes her strenght, because she suffered a lot when my father died and because of all the problems she had to overcome. Even though she is strong she sometimes cries alone, in times when there are big problems and everything seems to go wrong. I think she does this because she doesn´t want us to see her in that way, she doesn´t want to show that she is human and that she couldn´t cope with everything. She is willing to give her life for her children and she wants the best for us, although sometimes we disappoint her. She has a great personality, she is the most easy-going and wise person I have ever known; she is by nature a great mother. She likes to stay at home, watching her favourite old Argentinian movies. Sometimes I think that she doesn´t do the things she would like to because of us; she likes to be with us and gives us everything we need, thought we tell her that we are adults and she shouldn´t care too much. My mother doesn´t have any friends, I guess she considers that we are her friends. She enjoys spending the evenings chatting with her sisters and drinking coffee. As she is part of a big family, she is never alone and her brothers and sisters come to visit her. She is the mother of her grandchildren also, who are her love and joy. Though she is old and tired, she is always willing to play with them and take care of them. I´m very glad and thankful to have this beautiful human being by my side, who is still with me, supporting me, taking care of me, loving me and giving me all the strenght that I need to face life. I love her so much. Thank you, Mum.