Lessons of a Mother essays

Lessons of a Mother essays A mother is something that gives rise to or exercises protective care over something else. (Webster's Universal College Dictionary; 1997) A mother is not only the borer of a child but she is someone who takes care of someone else. In the story "The Night Santa Claus Came" by Benjamin Capps, Mama plays the perfect role of a mother. The role that she fulfills is love. Mama is described by her seven year old son as being ancient, thirty-something. Mama is a school teacher who teaches seventeen students of all different ages in the old schoolhouse in Anarene, Texas. Mama was the school sweeper as well and her son describes her as being rich with her one hundred dollars a month. Mama had a way with words with her students. "She could look at a big boy and say, 'I thought you were older and more responsible than that,' and he would start blushing and stammering", explained her son. Mama decided to teach her sons a lesson so she gave them each fifty cents around Christmas time and took them to the nickel and dime store so they could buy each other a Christmas present. She reminded them, "It's better to give than to receive." Roy, the youngest of her three children, immediately spent his fifty cents on himself. On Christmas morning, Roy was very upset that he did not have anything to give his mother for Christmas. Mama decided to give him a nickel so he could buy her something. On Christmas night, Roy wanted to hang up his stockings so Santa Claus would come fill them with candy. His brothers, knowing that there was no Santa Claus and not wanting to cause any trouble for their mother, told Roy that this was a bad idea. The next morning the two boys woke up to a shrilling Roy who had found his treasures in his stockings. Angry, his two brothers climbed out of bed. These two boys were confused and jealous because their mother had not surprised them by acting like Santa Claus. Eventually Mama instructed ...