The "I LOVE everything Jack's Mom" thread

[TJ]

Thanx, Barb, for also telling it like it is.  (Where's Leslie?  Send her over.)

Mrs. Mary Twist did everything but have it engraved on her forehead:  My son is Gay and I know it!  "Jackie" was Gay.  He was!  U noticed that when he went slaging in MeXico, he dint need a road map of the Gay alleys!  Mrs. Twist as a mother probably knew her son was G-A-Y from the time that Lil' Jackie was 5 or less.  BTW, your parents being Pentecostal has nada to do w/ BBM or this Board! 

And TJ, dont talk "fictional characters" or U really, IMUHO, dont belong here at all.  Next U'll be telling us that Mrs. Twist breathed air. 

In the way that I read Annie Proulx's original short story as published in books, Jack Twist NEVER went to Mexico. He only claimed that he did when Ennis asked him if he did.

I don't think that it is fair for people who live in big cities claim they know more than people who have actually lived around and with country people like those in the Annie Proulx story.

My parents did NOT know that I was homosexual or even gay until November 1988 and I was 46 at the time. They had no idea that some of my friends whom they liked very much were homosexual, too.

[JennyC]

For a thread with only 15 posts, but viewed 211 times, it’s not bad at all  .

Ditto all the above reasons why we love Mrs Twit.

I love Mrs Twist because she is such a loving, caring and understanding mother. Had it not been her, Jack would not be the loving person with a big heart that we came to know, and there won’t be the story of Ennis and Jack.  Can you imagine Jack grew up with only the influence of the stud duck?

Mrs Twist is a great mother, and should be honored on the special day.  Happy mother’s day, Mrs Twist!

[serious crayons]

I love Mrs. Twist because, after watching the movie today, I am convinced she knows about Ennis' and Jack's relationship, and communicates her knowledge, and her sympathies, to Ennis. First there's the comforting hand on his shoulder, the suggestion he go up to the room, the nod in response to the shirts, the paper bag.

Then, as Ennis is going out the door, he nods thanks again for the shirts. They lock eyes -- he actually turns slightly in a very subtle double-take when he sees her expression -- and they hold that look for maybe an extra half a second. In that moment she is telling him she understands, and offering one last wordless gesture of comfort. And he gets it.

[vkm91941]

I love Jack's Mom because it's Mother's  Day, and she reminds me of my own Mom before her stroke, the gentleness, the knowing kindness in the eyes, the careworn face.  Except my MOM was a real firecracker...SHE would have SAID , "JOHN!......... Listen up old man" ..." give him the damn ashes!"   and that would have been the end of that.! 

Lost my Mom 2 years ago last month miss her everyday...

[TJ]

Since the local time is after midnight, I can say that this is the first Mother's day when my mom is not around.

I posted it elsewhere, but, there was only one of those days when I was not able to talk to her and that was when I was in Vietnam.

As Roberta Maxwell claimed about Jack's mom, my mother was a Practicing Pentecostal, too.

[ednbarby]

I love that Jack's Mom kept his room the way it was when he was a boy because she thought he'd appreciate that.

[Br. Patrick]

I love the way she stands next to Jack after giving him some coffee.  Such a comforting thing to do as they both hear John Twist's hateful statements.  If they only had time alone!

[belbbmfan]

I love Jack's mom because the way she comforts Ennis. Ennis paid his respects to Lureen and to Jack's parents, but apart from Jack's mum, no one acknowledged his grief.

[jpwagoneer1964]

I love Jack's Mom with her careworn face and her heart in her eyes....she seemed kind of sad and desperate when she asked Ennis if he would stop by again sometime to visit...of course, we all know Ennis never will. Can you imagine how much Jack's Mom would have loved it if the old man wasn't there and she could have had a long heart to heart talk with Ennis about her son? To see Mrs. Twist and Ennis alone at that table, hugging and crying... Breaks my heart to think about it. 

I like to think that Ennis did go back, perhaps to work the ranch in Jacks place after Mr Twist passed as his way of honoring Jack and the kindness his mother gave him. This is where he would have felt closest to Jack.

[Front-Ranger]

I like to think that Ennis did go back, perhaps to work the ranch in Jacks place after Mr Twist passed as his way of honoring Jack and the kindness his mother gave him. This is where he would have felt closest to Jack.

That is so sweet, Mark! I came here to pay tribute to Ma Twist on Mother's Day, and your post made me smile and cry at the same time!