"I Stand Here Ironing"

I decided to read the story “I Stand Here Ironing”, from our textbook instead of “Fall House of Usher”. I truly enjoyed reading this short story about the relationship between a mother and her daughter. It made me think about the relationship my mother and I share.
The mother was narrating. The mother clearly does not really know her daughter. I find didn’t find that too hard to believe. It is possible to know someone and never truly know them at all.
As I continued to read the story I realized that the mother actually did know here daughter more than she had let off in the beginning. When it was described how the mother had to leave her child with different family members that touched me. It took me to a place inside myself. While I read I began to critic my relationship with my mother in my head. Leaving your child with someone is sacrifice. It is also love. The idea that the mother would take time away from work to be with her child was deeply moving. As I said earlier this story really reminded me of my mother and I.
My mother was rather young when she had me just as the mother in “I Stand Here Ironing”. I was not my mother’s first child though. The child goes unnamed for quite a while. It was almost the middle of the story when I discovered the child’s name was Emily. Emily did not have it easy growing up. Her mother didn’t have it easy either.
Overall, I must say without a reasonable doubt “I Stand Here Ironing” is the most interesting story I read so far this semester. It is my favorite. When I was reading I didn’t want to stop. I wanted more and more. Finally I am being to enjoy reading from the textbook.