This week I really enjoyed learning about all the different books that each group read. It was amazing to see how every group came together to present in various ways to keep the class engaged. I really loved reading Mothers because it showed the everyday struggle mothers go through to provide for their families. It also showed that they go through abuse  sometimes from early childhood and they have it in their systems so they just assume that it is “normal”. The story about the mother who attacked her husband because he was abusing their son really made me emotional because she had the mother bear instinct but couldn’t get out of the awful situation she was in. The only thing that stooped her from killing her husband was her son yelling at her to stop. Another story that got to me was the mother who married her husband while he was in jail. He would put her in harmful situations and she just kept going back to him. The mother picked up her life and moved near the jail to be near him. She eventually got her life together and went to a safe haven house which was an amazing outcome. She later got remarried but her new husband was abusive also and she realized that way sooner then she did her last husband.