I can honestly say that it was the best of times and also the worst of times in my life．I was 21  expecting my first child but my once energetic mother was losing her  22  with a brain disease．

    For ten years，my mother had fought against the disease，but  23  of the treatment had been successful．Unfortunately，she became totally  24  unable to speak，walk，eat or dress  25 her own．As she grew closer and closer to  26  ，my baby grew closer and closer to life inside me．I was sad not only for the upcoming  27    of my mother，but also that she and my baby would never know each other．

    A few weeks  28  my due date，Mother  29  a deep coma(昏迷)．Her doctors did not hold any hope and said that it was  30  to put in a feeding tube―she would never wake up．We brought Mother home，and tried our best to keep her  31  ．I sat beside her and talked to her about the baby moving  32   me．I hoped that somehow deep inside，she knew

    On February 3，1989，just as I gave birth to my baby，Jacob，something impossible occurred：

Mother was sitting up，her oxygen tubes  33  ．When I brought Jacob home，Mom was sitting in her chair，  34  to welcome him．Tears of joy filled my eyes as I  35   my son in her arms．They just  36  at each other．

For two weeks，Mother smiled and held Jacob She spoke to my father，her children and grandchildren in complete  37．She gave us  38  ．Then she quietly slipped back into a coma and，after  39   from all of her children She was finally free of the pain and  40  away．Believe it or not，love can last forever