832 words - 4 pages It puzzled her mind as to why such a forgiving mother could do such an unforgiving thing. Her mother’s words ‘family is important Nina remember that’ played over and over in her head like a cassette stuck in a cassette player. She wondered why and how her mother could leave them like this. His work was his excuse. He always found a reason to avoid spending time with her. He would buy Nina toys to try hide that he was a distant father. He was