The mom he knows and loves is trapped comatose in a hospital bed right in front of him, at least that’s what his brother thinks. What Jordie sees is machines keeping her barely alive, hospital gadgets, and the shell of his mother. So Jordie tries over and over again to draw his mother alive exactly how he remembers her, except that he can’t get her eyes right no matter how hard he tries. 

My Mother’s Eyes is an heart-rendering short story, portraying the differing love of two brothers for their mom after a suicide attempt. It is a nod at loving those in your life hard and telling them often. It is not what I would usually pick up, but it was well written and packed an emotional punch.