Welcome to the community, @smokyice. If you are looking for an audience and a place to practice your writing skills, this is the community.
As your story illustrates, even when a situation is hopeless, it is in human nature to hope. In this case, hope and courage saved the day, and the mother's life. You used the prompt very well and created a strong story arc. That's great.
Thank you for sharing this story with us and we appreciate that you support other writers in the community with your comments.
Yes.... It is always good to be hopeful. She was hopeful and did not want to lose her mother, this boosted her courage. Thanks, I will continue supporting other writers.