Friday, September 18, 2015

Essay: A Mother's Love


There is no love comparable to that of a mother’s love for her child. We see this in everyday life that most mothers go to the ends of the earth to protect and do what is best for their children. In the Leap of Ka Likai a family is torn apart when the father is killed. The widowed woman clings to her only child even more closely because she is all that she has left. She goes on to marry another man begrudgingly because she knows that she alone cannot provide for her little girl. The man she married was a cruel and terrible one and made her do all the work. While she was away one day her husband killed her baby, cooked her in a stew, and then fed it to his unsuspecting wife. When she discovered what he did she flung herself off the side of cliff over a waterfall to kill herself.
In this story we see three acts of the mother putting her child over herself. First is when she marries the second man. She loved her first husband very much and had no desire to take another. She knew however, that she alone could not work and care for the baby and give her a life she felt she deserved. So she married. The second act was when she went to work in place of her husband. The woman still clung to the notion that being married provided her child with a better future so she did as she was told and went to work. Lastly was when she discovered the demise of her child and flung herself off a cliff because she couldn’t bear the grief. This was the mother’s ultimate sacrifice for her child because she couldn’t stand the thought of living in a world without her precious child. 
The mother n this story perfectly embodies any good mother who loves her children. A true mother puts her children above all else and will do anything and everything for them. This story unfortunately had a really sad ending but it showed the strength of a mothers love knows no bounds.
"'Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?' And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, 'Here are My mother and My brothers! FOR WHOEVER DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER IN HEAVEN is My brother and sister and mother,'" Mt. 12:48-50.

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