A Mother’s Love

[328 words] There was a widow who was trying to raise twin sons on her own. When the boys turned 18 and graduated from high school, they thought they could do whatever they wanted. So they stopped going to church and started going out at night to some very unsavory places. Their mother kept begging them not to go those places. She told them that would end up getting into trouble, or worse. One evening in the middle of winter, the boys got dressed to go out. Their mother begged them not to go. Then she told them, “I’m going to pray for you to return home safely and I won’t stop praying until you do return home. I’m going to do that every time you go out to one of those places.” Their mother proceeded to get up from the living room, put on her jacket and to go…