When you're homesick, whats the first thing you think about?

Throughout the chapters, not just the ones with Taylor, but also when she has Lou Ann as a roommate she often refers to her mother. You read about her missing her mother and wishing she didn't have to leave her behind, but it was something she had to do. The thought of her mother starts occurring more often, as she starts feeling even more home sick. The very first introduction to Father William was by Mattie. When Taylor hears his name she has the urge to call him old, Father William, but doesn't know why because he isn't old at all.

"'You Are Old, Father William' was a poem in a book I'd had as a child. It had crayon scribbles on some pages, so it must have been a donation from one of Mama's people whose children had grown up. Only a rich child would be allowed to scribble in a hardback book.

I decided that after work I would go down to one of Sandi's New To You toy stores and find a book for Turtle. New To You was just like Mama's people, only you had more choice about what you get" (Taylor 106).

A few days after she gets the book for Turtle, it becomes Valentines day. She has found a roommate, Lou Ann, and decides to get her mother a late Valentines card.

"I still felt kind of awful about leaving her, and changing my name just seemed like the final act of betrayal, but Mama didn't see it that way. She said I was smarter than anything to think of Taylor, that it fit me like a pair of washed jeans. She told me she'd always had second thoughts about Marietta" (Taylor 110).

Her mother is constantly on her mind, and I can completely relate. I understand that she is older than I am, but she seems so hurt that she is that far away from her mother. I get extremely home sick because my mother and I are so close.

I don't know about you, but i always quote my mother, she is brilliant and has so much great advice. Eventually Taylor starts to do the same, "I couldn't even think where to begin on this one. I thought of another one of Mama's hog sayings: 'Hogs go deaf at harvest time.' It meant that people would only hear what they wanted to hear. Mama was raised on a hog farm"(Taylor 117).

My favorite quote from my mother is, " The only person you can change in yourself." What's your favorite quote from your mom?