Saturday, 3 May 2025
Once a son used to live with his mother. They were poor and could earn just to manage their needs. Mother had only one eye and because of that, son used to think of her as an embarrassment. One day when Mother went to son’s school, everyone in school laughed at him and taunted about his mother having only one eye. Due to this, son started to hate his mother and he did not want to live with her. So, he decided to study hard and leave his mother as soon as possible.
Eventually, son completed his studies with good grades and landed a good job in another city. He left his mother and got settled in city. He bought a big house, got married and had kids. He was living a happy successful life. There he had nothing to remind him of his mom and embarrassment caused because of her.
One day his mother came to see him. When the son’s kids saw her, they felt scared and went to him. When he came to see who was at the door, he found that it was his mother. Seeing her he said, “Who are you? How dare you come to my house?” Mother understood that her son didn’t want to see her and quietly answered, “Oh, I am so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address.” Then she just left.
Time flies, one day, son got a letter from his school about reunion. After reunion, he went down to his old house where his mother used to live. When he entered there, he saw that his mother lying on floor lifeless with a piece of paper in her hand. It was a letter to her son.
She wrote:
I think my life has been long enough. And… I won’t visit you anymore… but would it be too much to ask if I wanted you to come visit me once in a while? I miss you so much. And I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I decided not to go to the school…. For you… I’m sorry that I only have one eye, and I was an embarrassment for you.
You see, when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye… so I gave you mine… I was so proud of my son that was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye. I was never upset at you for anything you did.
I miss you so much. I love you. You mean the world to me.
From this story, we can see that the most unconditional love is from our parents. Parents always pay without expectation. They spend their whole life in grooming us, raising us, and making us what we are today. Therefore, they deserve our respect and our love in return.
We must love and respect our parents as we can never understand how much parents sacrifice for us. We should learn to respect and value their sacrifices and hard work. When we grow up, we should give Time and Care to their parents.
Art Club
19 October 2021