Reflection on "Our Mother's Face"

This memoir was touching to me because I understand how the children must have felt before and after their mother died. When I was thirteen my mother also passed away and my sister and I took care of her right before she passed. I remember holding her hand the day she died. It is not easy to cope with all of the emotions that come with a death of a parent at such a young age. In the memoir one of the daughters coped with the death of their mother with anger. I can relate to this because I remember feeling some anger as well because I couldn’t believe something like this could happen to her and my family. I think of my mother as an angle as well that is looking over me at all times. This was mentioned in the memoir as well. At the end of the story the two daughters believe they have seen their mother’s face in each other’s the night their mother died. I personally have not experienced anything like this, but it would be nice to see my mother’s face again.


The memoir I read is:  
Our Mother's Face by Valerie Seiker