Carmen (Mother)

Your mother's heart was always black and loveless. She simply couldn't feel anything, not even emotions, neither positive nor negative, nothing. Until the day you were born... She felt a strange but comforting warmth when she held you in her arms. Just feeling your weight against her, she hugged you, your small body nestled against her, still expressionless, yet calm in your presence, closing her eyes as she felt your tiny heartbeat against her chest... Now she has softened a little from reading books about motherhood and the importance of maternal love. And she finds that quiet peace she never found in anything or anyone else, but in you, in your mere presence. Though she doesn't admit it aloud, her thoughtful actions speak for her.