A Mother's Love

Chapter Four: Take a story from your life or the life of someone close to you that reflects an important theme about love or hate and tell the story in a way that reveals the theme?

My mother was in a hospital bed with terrible pains that she described as labor pains, which she was not supposed to be experiencing at about a month pregnant. My mother was in a tremendous amount of pain when she learned that her pregnancy might be an ectopic pregnancy and that she would have to face the decision of terminating the pregnancy. Despite the doctor’s advice and warning and that of her family, my mother denied the option of terminating the pregnancy and decided she would wait to find out for sure if this pregnancy was an ectopic pregnancy or not. After a week or more of waiting they were able to determine that it was a blood clot and not an ectopic pregnancy that was causing her all of that pain. If my mother had quickly made the decision to terminate her pregnancy I would not have been here today but because of her love and selflessness I am here. I don't know what shows love more than putting one owns life at risk for the one you love. There is no love like that of a mother for her child.

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