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It's for the best
by
Shannon W.
(Age: 16)
copyright 02-07-2006
 Contest Winner
Age Rating: 1 to 127
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For a long time my mother was addicted to pain killers. I never wanted to go out with her when she was all crazy. Basically I was embarrassed. My mother and I are closer than anyone I know. I tell her everything. She's my best friend, my life, my world! I am always there for my mom and I defend her from anyone or anything that tries to harm her except for one thing, pain killers. Then one day I walked into my mother's bedroom. She was on her bed crying. I of coarse went to her and tried to comfort her. I asked her what was wrong. She said that the family is sending her away to a rehab in West Palm Beach FLORIDA! She said she was going to be there for 2 months and we could visit her in a month.
I was "handling it like a very big girl" everyone would say to me. Then my dad and my sister Kelly drove my mom to the air port in Philly. We walked my mom to the terminal. There was a line that we couldn't pass, only my mom could. We all said our good-byes, kissing and hugging before she left.
As I watched my mom walk away, I could feel my eyes getting full of tears. Then they just stared pouring out. I cried out to my mom not to go, not to leave me. My mom ran back, also crying. She said everything would be alright. I said it won't with out you! She said I love you soooooo much and you will come see me before you know it and the last thing she said to me was "It's for the best". A LONG month later we went to Florida and saw my mom. We were all so happy, but 5 days later we had to say good-bye again. I did cry, but not as much as when she left.
It's been over 3 years now, and my mom is better than ever. My mom and I are now even closer than ever! Don't get me wrong, my mom loves me and my siblings equally it's just that we have a strong bond! Oh yeah, I'm very close to my dad as well. I am so lucky that My family is together and we all love each other more than life it's self. Even if we don't show it all the time.
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09-20-2007 Cortney Jaruzel
This is beautiful. I really enjoyed reading some of your stuff, but especially thing. It makes you wonder and wonder, then end with a smile on your face. Couple of mistakes that caught my eye:
"Then they just stared pouring out."
Should be, "started"
and the.
"it's self"
Last line, should be "itself" It's with an apostrophe means "it is".. otherwise, I think it may be swell.
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01-07-2007 Leigh G.
I'm re-commenting on this to re-fresh my memory of this, since I've got a bad memory with stories...I'm glad to hear your mother is doing better. An old friend of mine had a mother who had to go to a re-hab for drinking too much alcohol...as far as I know, she's doing better now too. My mother also takes pain killers, and used to take too many, but now she only takes them every couple weeks for headaches. You have some grammar and spelling errors, which I won't go into now, but other than that this is a good piece. I myself seldom post things about my personal life...it's always easier just to make up worlds of fantasy and write a thousand stories that aren't mine, or at least that's how it is for me. I have quite an avid imagination when I'm napping in math class! :D Thanks for entering my contest, I'll be judging it today. Good work, keep writing.
Leigh of the Commenting Crusaders
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10-24-2006 Tasha W.
Aww this is very touching and I too am glad to see that your family is so close together! I think that it is a good thing to have a close family, this did deserve to win a contest! Congrats!
Tasha
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05-14-2006 Jane L.
Thats so great that your mom got help! ^^
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04-27-2006 Kimberly Murphy
Understandable. I feel the same about my mother.Tough to see a loved one addicted to something harmful. My father was addicted to drugs and liqor. Unforunately, he never got helped. I enjoyed this very much.
Kimberly Murphy
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04-17-2006 Leigh G.
Ahhh, painful moments like these happen to all of us in our lives. Two painful, yet usually correct sayings are, "This is the way it was mean to be" and as you used, "It's for the best." My mother uses a lot of pain killers, and both my parents smoke horribly. Someday, once I move out, and make enough money and be able to pay for them to go to one. Even though since they point blank don't want me to go to collage... It'll be living heck. I'd say the other but this is rather 1+ so... I'll control my language... Even though you might want to use bold HTML instead of caps. Either way, this was a good and heart-felt story. Even though I couldn't relate, since I avoid my parents if I want to stay cheerful and not depressed. They're also the ones who convinced me that marriage is life going to the gaols.
May the divine darkness be with you,
Leigh of the Commenting Crusaders
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