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