My mom only had one eye

Is the title of today's inspirational message

My mom only had one eye. I hated her… She

was such an embarrassment. She cooked for

students and teachers to support the family.

There was this one day during elementary

school where my mom came to say hello to

me. I was so embarrassed.

How could she do this to me? I ignored her,

threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next

day at school one of my classmates said, “EEEE,

your mom only has one eye!”

I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom

to just disappear. 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, and have nothing to

do with her. So I studied real hard, got a

chance to go abroad to study.

Then, I got married. I bought a house of my

own. I had kids of my own. I was happy with

my life, my kids and the comforts. 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, and I yelled at her for coming

over uninvited. 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 shack 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 your house and scared your children.

I was so glad when I heard you were coming

for the reunion. But I may not be able to even

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 to

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 all my love to you,

Your mother.”