A Mother's Giving Nature

“My mother was finally leaving Irvine, her wish had come true. When she used to fight with my father, it always seemed if only she could leave the Dragon Café, leave Irvine, her life would be so much better, that only then might she have the chance at happiness. But when she had waved at me through the car window, the sadness in her face had felt like a stone in my heart.” (108)
“I watched my brother curled in my mother’s arms and I began to understand how much she sacrificed when she arrived in Canada; what she meant when she claimed that her life had been over the moment she stepped off the plane. For my mother the act of living here was in itself an act of love, my mother had given up her own life out of love for me and would do the same for Daniel.” (314-315)

Everyone in life has at least wanted something so bad, they waited for it. Most of the time, the thing that a person waits for, is something they wanted instead of something needed. In those cases, by the time the person gets what ever they wait for, they tend to not want it so much by then. But, needing something is different than wanting something, because if a person really needed something, they would always need it, but tastes change so they may not always want something. In Annie’s mother’s case, leaving Irving was something she needed. Although she seemed sad when she left, in the end, it was what was best for her. She sacrificed so much for her children that she needed to do something for herself for once. A mother gives so much for her kids, and it seems that she never really receives an even amount of what she gives. But, they still continue to give in light of that.