Motherly Love knows no bound and without limit

It is the month of December, where many people are now going on their year-end holidays. Perhaps, some have already gone and returned to work just like me, who just returned from attending my daughter's graduation ceremony down Under.

It was just recently, that I had several discussions about children's education, how expensive it is nowadays and how parents had to work through the years to see their hard-earned money just vanished in the couple of years for the sake of children's education. And then, there were some who would just refused to spend their so-called retirement money. It just makes one wonders that as parent, how far would one go to support his own child.

The following story was circulated recently, and I would like to share this with you.


Send it to the kids.....

My mom only had one eye. I hated her.... she was such an embarrassment.
She cooked for students & 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 goanna 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 walked 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.


Such is the greatest sacrifice for the love of her own child. Love is beautiful, yet frigthening at time from the perspective of what one is willing to do and sacrifice. While the story tells of a child growing up, the same applies when one tries to give up whatever necessary just to ensure the love one remains happy. We sometimes only know how to take, and keep on taking at the expense of our love ones as in our daily routine, our daily lives. We may not realise this, but it is happening.

So, what do we do now? Always tell someone that you love that you love them because you never know what day will be their last, or your own.

Also, always seek to resolve your problems or disagreements with loved ones because if either of you should pass on before, the one who is left alive will have the rest of their life to ponder those unresolved feelings but will never find closure. And only with closure that one usually find peace.

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Ivan