Mother's EyeMother's Eye

The Curtain RaiserThe Curtain Raiser

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My mom only My mom only had one eye. I had one eye. I

hated her... hated her... she was such she was such

an an embarrassmeembarrassme

nt.nt.

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She cooked She cooked for students for students & teachers & teachers to support to support the family.the family.

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There was this There was this one day during one day during

elementary elementary school where school where

my mom came my mom came to say hello to to say hello to

me.me.

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I was so I was so embarrassed.embarrassed.How could she How could she do this to me?do this to me?

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I ignored her, I ignored her, threw her a threw her a hateful look hateful look and ran out.and ran out.

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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 only has one eye!"eye!"

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I wanted to I wanted to bury myself.bury myself.I also wanted I also wanted my mom to my mom to

just disappear. just disappear.

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So I confronted So I confronted her that day and her that day and said, " If you're said, " If you're only going to only going to make me a make me a

laughing stock, laughing stock, why don't you why don't you just die?!!!"just die?!!!"

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My mom did My mom did not respond...not respond...

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I did not even I did not even stop to think for stop to think for a second about a second about what I had said, what I had said, because I was because I was full of anger.full of anger.

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I was oblivious I was oblivious to her to her

feelings.feelings.

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I wanted out of I wanted out of that house, that house, and have and have

nothing to do nothing to do with her. with her.

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So I studied So I studied real hard, got real hard, got a chance to go a chance to go

abroad to abroad to study. study.

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Then, I got married.Then, I got married.

I bought a house I bought a house of my own.of my own.

I had kids of my I had kids of my own. own.

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I was happy I was happy with my life, with my life, my kids and my kids and the comfortsthe comforts

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Then one day, Then one day, my mother my mother

came to visit came to visit me. me.

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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.

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When she stood by When she stood by the door, my the door, my

children laughed children laughed at her, and I at her, and I

yelled at her for yelled at her for coming over coming over uninvited.uninvited.

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I screamed at I screamed at her, "How dare her, "How dare you come to my you come to my house and scare house and scare

my children!"my children!"GET OUT OF GET OUT OF

HERE! NOW!!!"HERE! NOW!!!"

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And to this, my mother And to this, my mother quietly answered, quietly answered, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I "Oh, I'm so sorry. I

may have gotten the may have gotten the wrong address," and wrong address," and she disappeared out she disappeared out

of sight.of sight.

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One day, a One day, a letter letter

regarding a regarding a school reunion school reunion

came to my came to my house.house.

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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.

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After the After the reunion, I went reunion, I went to the old shack to the old shack

just out of just out of curiosity.curiosity.

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My neighbors My neighbors said that she said that she

died.died.

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I did not shed a I did not shed a single tear.single tear.

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They handed They handed me a letter me a letter

that she had that she had wanted me to wanted me to

have.have.

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""My dearest son,My dearest son,I think of you I think of you

all the time. I'm all the time. I'm sorry that I sorry that I

came to your came to your house and house and

scared your scared your children.children.

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I was so glad I was so glad when I heard when I heard

you were you were coming for the coming for the

reunion.reunion.

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But I may not But I may not be able to be able to

even get out even get out of bed to see of bed to see

you.you.

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I'm sorry that I I'm sorry that I was a constant was a constant embarrassment embarrassment

to you when to you when you were you were

growing up.growing up.

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You see........when You see........when you were very you were very little, you got little, you got

into an accident, into an accident, and lost your and lost your

eye.eye.

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As a mother, I As a mother, I couldn't stand couldn't stand watching you watching you

having to grow having to grow up with one up with one

eye.eye.

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So I gave you So I gave you mine.mine.

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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 new world for

me, in my place, me, in my place, with that eye.with that eye.

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With my love to With my love to you,you,

Your mother.Your mother.

We hate people without We hate people without knowing them, We place a knowing them, We place a curtain of perception on curtain of perception on our mind. Let the curtain our mind. Let the curtain be raised before hating be raised before hating

some one and before it is some one and before it is too late……too late……