Love Between a Mother and a Child

        In Enrique's Journey, Lourdes, Enrique's mother, leaves for the United States to seek greater fortune for their family. She leaves when Enrique is very young, but as Enrique grows older, his anger builds. He does not understand that his mother left to make his life better. As Enrique enters into his early teenage years, he develops a hostile anger towards anything and everything. Enrique begins to use drugs and get into trouble. He begins to believe that his mother will never come back.
        When Enrique and Lourdes talk on the phone, the calls are filled with sadness and impatience. Enrique demands to know, "Why do you want to be there?"
Lourdes responds, "It's all gone to help raise you" (Nazario 20).
         The reason that Lourdes has gone to America is simple: to bring back money and residency documents. She wants the absolute best lives for her children, and Enrique is too young to understand. Nevertheless, Enrique will soon find out the true love that Lourdes has for him.