From the glimmer of the family home in the mining area, to the daily life of accompanying students in the school district, from the halo of being the best in the workplace, to the armor of a stay-at-home mother - in the past ten years, she has been the most reassuring support for her husband when he was working hard underground, the safe haven for her daughter when she was confused in adolescence, and the support for her son when he was a toddler. The promises in the coal dust, the tears in the night, the hidden arrows in the workplace, and the warmth of the family are intertwined into her journey: she was once a career elite who overcame all obstacles, and now she is a gentle and tough mother of two children. Under the armor is the self that has never been extinguished and the love that runs in both directions.
Reader comments
Reading this book made me feel the same way, and I would think of my own children from time to time.
Reading this book made me feel the same way, and I would think of my own children from time to time.