Post on 18-May-2015
My mom only had My mom only had one eye. I hated one eye. I hated
her... she was her... she was such an such an
embarrassment. embarrassment.
She cooked for She cooked for students & students & teachers to teachers to support the support the
family.family.
There was this There was this one day during one day during
elementary elementary school where my school where my mom came to say mom came to say
hello to me. hello to me.
I was so I was so embarrassed.embarrassed.How could she How could she do this to me? do this to me?
I ignored her, I ignored her, threw her a threw her a hateful look hateful look and ran out.and ran out.
The next day at The next day at school one of my school one of my classmates said,classmates said,"EEEE, your mom "EEEE, your mom
only has one eye!" only has one eye!"
I wanted to bury I wanted to bury myself.myself.
I also wanted my I also wanted my mom to just mom to just disappear.disappear.
So I confronted her So I confronted her that day and said, " that day and said, " If you're only gonna If you're only gonna make me a laughing make me a laughing stock, why don't you stock, why don't you
just die?!!!" just die?!!!"
My mom did My mom did not respond... not respond...
I didnt even stop I didnt even stop to think for a to think for a second about second about
what I had said, what I had said, because I was full because I was full
of anger. of anger.
I was oblivious I was oblivious to her feelings. to her feelings.
I wanted out of I wanted out of that house, and that house, and have nothing to have nothing to
do with her. do with her.
So I studied So I studied real hard, got a real hard, got a chance to go to chance to go to
Singapore to Singapore to study. study.
Then, I got married.Then, I got married.
I bought a house of I bought a house of my own.my own.
I had kids of my own. I had kids of my own.
I was happy I was happy with my life, with my life, my kids and my kids and
the comforts the comforts
Then one day, my Then one day, my mother came to mother came to
visit me. visit me.
She hadn't seen She hadn't seen me in years and me in years and she didn't even she didn't even
meet her meet her grandchildren. grandchildren.
When she stood by When she stood by the door, my the door, my
children laughed at children laughed at her, and I yelled at her, and I yelled at her for coming over her for coming over
uninvited. uninvited.
I screamed at her, I screamed at her, "How dare you come "How dare you come
to my house and to my house and scare my children!"scare my children!"GET OUT OF HERE! GET OUT OF HERE!
NOW!!!" NOW!!!"
And to this, my mother And to this, my mother quietly answered, "Oh, quietly answered, "Oh,
I'm so sorry. I may I'm so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong have gotten the wrong
address," and she address," and she disappeared out of disappeared out of
sight. sight.
One day, a letter One day, a letter regarding a school regarding a school
reunion came to my reunion came to my house in Singapore. house in Singapore.
So I lied to my So I lied to my wife that I was wife that I was
going on a going on a business trip. business trip.
After the reunion, I After the reunion, I went to the old went to the old
shack just out of shack just out of curiosity.curiosity.
My neighbors My neighbors said that she said that she
died.died.
I did not shed a I did not shed a single tear. single tear.
They handed me a They handed me a letter that she had letter that she had
wanted me to wanted me to have. have.
"My dearest son,"My dearest son,I think of you all I think of you all
the time. I'm sorry the time. I'm sorry that I came to that I came to Singapore and Singapore and
scared your scared your children. children.
I was so glad I was so glad when I heard you when I heard you were coming for were coming for
the reunion. the reunion.
But I may not be But I may not be able to even get able to even get out of bed to see out of bed to see
you. you.
I'm sorry that I I'm sorry that I was a constant was a constant
embarrassment to embarrassment to you when you you when you
were growing up. were growing up.
You see........when You see........when you were very you were very
little, you got into little, you got into an accident, and an accident, and lost your eye. lost your eye.
As a mother, I As a mother, I couldn't stand couldn't stand watching you watching you
having to grow up having to grow up with one eye. with one eye.
So I gave you So I gave you mine. mine.
I was so proud of I was so proud of my son who was my son who was seeing a whole seeing a whole
new world for me, new world for me, in my place, with in my place, with
that eye. that eye.
With my love With my love to you,to you,
Your Your mother.mother.
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My Lord Bestow on them your mercy as they did bring me up (when I was young) Holy Quran 17:23-24)
A man asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), "Whom should I honor most?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Your mother." "And who comes next?" asked the man. He replied, "Your mother." "And who comes next?" asked the man. He replied, "Your mother." "And who comes next?" asked the man. The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, "Your father."
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)