Fourth Posting

In my reading this week, a big event occurred. Jason’s mother finally broke down from all the pressure and she moved into an apartment. It all started out one day when she decided to check on her garden, which she had neglected for many months due to all the confusion in her life. She found all her flowers and vegetables shriveled up and she had a flashback to a time when she was young and her neighbor died, leaving her garden to wilt. After seeing her garden, Jason’s mother collapsed in the dirt and cried. She then went in the house, packed up a couple suitcases and drove to a nearby apartment complex and proceeded to sign a six-month lease. After getting into the apartment, she realized that she didn’t have anything to sleep on or eat, so she drove over to Wal-Mart and the local low-end grocery store to fill up a few shopping carts. After filling up her Range Rover with brown paper bags and plastic Wal-Mart bags, filled with stuff, she drove back to her apartment. The next morning, she went back to her old house, but no one was there. She listened to the phone messages and grabbed a few things for her new living space. This is as far as I got in the story.
I found this passage of reading really interesting, because I can’t imagine the idea of just picking up and leaving a place that you have lived for so long. No matter how sad or mad I was, I don’t think I would be able to do this, because I think it would make me even more emotional. My home is the place where I feel safest and when I am emotional, that is where I want to be. I am interested to find out what how Jason will respond to his mother’s move and how her husband will react.