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Saturday, December 9, 2006

The mother with one eye


My mom..My mom had only one eye..
I hated her .. she was just an embarrassment ...
She cook for students and teachers to support the family ..
One day when I was in the elementary school she came to say hello to me ..
I was embarrassed .. how could she do something like that to me ..I ignored her .. threw her a hateful look and ran away ...
The next day in school .. one of my class mates said EEEEEEE you mom has only one eye ...
I wanted to bury my self, and I wished if mom could just disappear!!
So I confronted her that day and said " if you re only gonna make me a laughing stock..
why don't you just die...
"My mom did not respond !! I didn't even stop to think for a second about what I had said.. because I was full of anger.. I was oblivious to her feelings I wanted out of that house ..
So I studied real hard, got a chance to get to Singapore o study then I got married...I brought a house of my own .. I had kids of my own .. I was happy with my life ..
Then one day, my mother came to visit me...She hadn't seen me in years and she didn't even meet her grandchildren..When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her I screamed at her " how dare you come to my house and scare my children .. get out of here NOW!!!", and to this, my mother quietly answered " oh" I'm so sorry I may have gotten the wrong address , and she disappeared out of sight.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip after the reunion ,
I went to the old house just out of curiosity !! my neighbors said that she died , I did not shed a single tear !!
They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have ...
" My dearest son , I think of you all the time , I'm sorry that I came to Singapore and scared your children, I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion but I may not be able to ever get out of bed to see you .. I'm sorry that I was a constant embarrassment to you when you were growing up ......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 yo grow up with one eye .. so .. I gave you mine ...I was so proud of my son, who was seeing a whole new world for me in my place .. with that eye.. with my love to you .. your mother ......"

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