The Color of Water-Week 3, Post B

Dear James,
Congratulations on getting into Oberlin college! That's quite the accomplishment and I hope your pursuit for a career in music is successful. I know that throughout this exciting time in your life you are also noticing the dismal state of your mother. You can tell she's unhappy. She has made great sacrifices for you and your siblings to make sure all of you have bright futures ahead of you. Think about it. Every one of your siblings before you and including yourself have now gotten into college and many are studying for further degrees. Considering your family's financial state at home, this is quite the accomplisment for your mother. She's a single mother, with twelve kids. It's incredible that she was able to raise you all the way she did, and even through those terrible grieving periods. Now that you're older, you have been able to recognize what your mother has gone through and all of the sacrifices that she made for you. She moved to a city that she is clearly miserable in. In this city, your successful future began to take off. This city, dull as it was, offered you the opporunities to turn your life around. You're no longer the alcoholic, drug-addict you once were. This is due to your mother and her willingness to give up her own happiness for your success. You must be feeling guilty knowing this fact. You should do something for your mother. Get your siblings together, put in some money and try to change her life, because she has for sure changed yours. She always put your lives before her own, and I think it is time to let her experience a little luxury.

Sincerely,
Emily