"A Shawl for Anita"

Summary
'A Shawl for Anita' is a short story about the mother of Anita who loves to knit. She felt a sense
of uselessness in life and felt as if she was living for nothing anymore when her mother grew
older. Anita then decided to ask her mother to knit a shawl for her. The narrator of the story,
who is Anita's older sister thought it was a silly thing to do because their mother is very old to
knit anymore. But Anita's purpose in doing so is for their mother to regain her purpose in life by
doing the things she loves to do. Anita thought that by so doing, their mother can reminisce the
joys she had before and once again discover new joys in her continuing life.