“Within a few years, my mother and I will seem close again. I love her. But she will never again be my mother” (138).
In this quote, Hall is expressing her troubled relationship with her mother. She shares the years prior to her sudden pregnancy which were filled with light and love by her mother. However, Hall was shocked when her pregnancy took all of that away. Her mother, always so loving and mysterious, betrayed Meredith by shipping her off to her father. In her daughter's time of need, she couldn't comfort her. Instead, Meredy was abandoned and lonely. In those moments she realized the relationship between her and her mother would never be the same.
I can agree and understand when Hall states that she loves her mother, but she could never be her mother again. The once happy and understanding mother is long gone. After Meredy's pregnancy, she realized that her mother had changed, and for the worst. She abandoned her motherly duties towards Meredy and blocked off her once notable love and affection. However Hall still loves her, as she still loved her father after he told her to stay away from him, because she knows how the times once were. Meredy knows there is love deep down inside them, and she cannot throw away the wonderful memories of her childhood prior to her pregnancy.
I agree with you. I believe this is a step that Meredith needed to take though. After all that has happened in these past years, she needed to stay to herself that her family is no longer her family. She needed closure. To start moving forward and finding a new family or new love, just like the one she has with her new baby Alex. Meredith will never make the same mistakes her parents did. She will support her children and never make them feel abandoned. She knows what she has to make up for and what to strive towards. Meredith no longer needs her parents because they are no longer hers.
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