Getting On recalls the dribs and drabs between his mother and him in his life. Mother represented all the noble things in D.H. Lawrence's life, but she was poor all her life, so she longed for her children to get on. But she despise his son's passion for writing because it's not what mother thought getting on――earn lots of money. However, he insisted on writing and finally let his mother see his published work. Although his mother had passed away, he was still thinking about his mother's comments on him and his works. The article is exquisitely touched, expressing the author's deep yearning for his mother, reflecting the complex feelings that Lawrence had for his mother​