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.”
Author Unknown
Awesome story which makes you realize how important your parents are…..
Very very nice! Hats off to the writer!
A very heart touching story that tells you about how the children didn’t care about their parents and forget about the sacrifice their parents have done. This story really made me shed tears.
This really made me to shed tears. I love my parents {& even every living thing in this world} very much. This should never ever happen in real life.
Very touching, I want to hug my Mother!
I learned that we should love our parents because we do not know how many sacrifices they do for us!! I LOVE MY MOTHER AS WELL AS MY FATHER.
Amazing story, soooo much touching :'(
A very heart touching story…!!!!
I love you Mom and Dad, you are the best ones that ever happened to me…..Thank You Jesus for such loving and caring parents….Teach me to love and respect them 🙂
My salute to all mothers…………….
It’s a heart touching story and after reading this, I know that God cannot manage the people sitting at one place, instead he create a good relation called “Mother” and leave for us to take care of our life. Thank you…
I love this story~~so sad T.T
Great story…can’t stop tear. Lesson for every child… love u mom..
Mothers are the most precious humans we will ever see. She will go on striving to death and will feel full if her child is full. May we all be blessed with them. Hope this story helps us see how precious our mothers are, they will strive to see us happy even if that means sacrifie in there own eye.
I have cried soooo much, the story was very heart touching. Please love your mom guys in any situation because she is your god, mamma I love you soooooo much.
love this story
this is a verry interesting story
mom mom mom I looove you
Really great story but full of sadness.
It was a sad story
so touching…….
such person should not be given chance to show their sadness….they r good for nothing………who doesn’t love their mom.
i love u mom……n be alway’s there for u in your hard times.
love u..mom
Great story but sad 🙁 I was crying reading the story.
this story was touching all children have to love their parents
when i saw this story i started crying and crying >> very sad story
and liked it
i never did like that to my mom
deeply toughing my heart.
This story made me cry. Thanks to God because he gave me a lovable mom………..
Oo!!! I have got tears in my eyes after reading this story!
very touching story…we salute all the mothers in the world.
i was crying after reading this, i wish my mom would be here now so that i can show my love to her
love u mom
THIS IS JUST SO SAD….. I LOVE MY MOM
its a very touching story
Really touched the heart of my core…and my msg to all who go through this story that, “Love you mom”. They are unlucky who don’t hv mom with them. “Mom” is the real gift gifted by GOD.
Guys and Girls, love parents indeed it costs nothing…. they have done lots for our life…they have sacrificed many things to bring us up…
Very touching…………
I LOVE U MOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for this story. It is very touching. I hope I can be very very nice to my mom.
It is the whole thing in my life. I pray to Allah that she is always safe and help me to obey her and to forgive me if I did hurt her feeling once. And I pray to Allah to forgive my father who passaway two years ago. (the heaven underneath the moms foot”
That’s very bad, the first time I was inoduced to this story… it was in 2009 by my english teacher Mr Chauke. I thought it was a joke at first and then I’ve realised that it is a bad story indeed. May she rest in peace and that he deserves whatever came to him after all.
I love u my mom.
This make me cry…………
Very Valuable meaning has this story, beautiful meaning and story too…..
i just want to say everyone u have your mom so please dont miss opportunity to get love from your mom,if u loose it, u will be looser on this earth just asked the worth of mom who dont have their mom ,they know how precious she is……………..
because i also one of them who dont have his mom…..
I LOVE U MOM……………….
indeed a very sad and touching story ……. really beautifully narrated…….
Thanks for sharing dis beautiful story.
but i wonder why do we need such stories to understand the value of our parents….
The mother of this story deserve more love, but her son is too hard… and he did not show any love, respect and concern to his mom even in a single minute…
now that is too late to realize that he is the reason why her mom had lost one eye… its to late…
we should love our parents even if there is imperfection… and we should show them our love every day, every hour, every minute, every second of our life…
love you Mang & Pang
Ohhh what a beatiful story really very worth, the letter for the son moved me very much..
Everyone should love their parents more than anything else in the whole world…………………………………………
must love mothers
This story just touched my soul… and makes me realise that our parents are always there for us… no matter you are there for them or Not. I love my mom.. alot.. coz she has played 2 major roles of my life.. she is my mother , she is my father… my father passed away when i was 6 years old. but … my mother fulfilled that place too in my life… I love u mom… more then anyone & anything else…
I love you mummy so much
awwwwwwwwwe;(
wel moms are always great n best of alll
It has been 7 years already, but I had not obeyed my parents. After I read this story, it was so touching that i had finally realized my mistakes and that parents shall be respected and obeyed.
such a sad story!!!
i pray 2 god that every children should respect their parent and take good care of them.
i luv it this is cooooool moral story
That was sad, my mum cried when I told her this story.
Very nice story and it really touched my heart. I can’t stop my tears. I love My parents, thnks for uploading dis touching story.
THIS STORY REALLY HIT ME HARD I ALWAYS FORGET HOW MUCH MY MOM HAS DONE FOR ME THIS MAKES ME REALISE HOW MUCH I LOVE HER.
LOVE YOU MOM!
This makes me so sad, see what moms will do for you. Next time you are mad at your mom, remember this.
Very sad story. I love my mother so much! I love you ma! though I’m not that open in showing my love to her, but God knows how much I love my mother and father!
It’s truly a heart touching story! and it has helped me for my story telling competition!
Hi when I read this story without knowing tears came from my eyes ….. mother first word and last word also for me my mum is with me always.
It’s a good moral story for everybody.
Just I am requesting to all people, please don’t misbehave with ur parents. Love them in the old age, that time will come to you. Don’t forget.
Such a great story… really a heart touching one……… awesome…
If eva there was a love so strong, I have seen it here. My mum does have 2 eyes, but this story makes me love her more even if she was blind with empty eye sockets. Love u mum.
Everyone should love their parents and proud of them to become an good citizen this is my message please don’t hate your parents.
I very love the story, it made me cry… I love it so much.. I hope he did just understand the feeling of his mother…
Excellent moral..Letter to the son turned tears in my eyes. Brad, your views and explanation about the article is superb and definitely agree with you..
It’s an awesome story and this story is about the generations of today.
This was a sad story….by reading this I got tears….I said thank to my mom……..She was not here….
This story shows the power of belief! – The son believed his mother to be shameful, that she was ‘ marked’ and somehow less then perfect..her way of being, embarressed him and because he believed it..he only saw that things that supported his belief!! –
The Mom also, believed that if she shared her sacrifice with him, too early..somehow it would take away from her duty & love as a mother…that she could not share this information with her son, face to face, even as a child or teen….and so, she allowed this painful reaction to isolate her and keep her from her family.
Belief – it kept them both apart..both lonely…both disconnected. It made the son arrogrant, judgemental and full of anger..something I am sure he is inflicting on his own children, in various ways.
The mom..spent years lonely…and perhaps very sad.
The real gift of this amazing tale is to remind us, of how powerful our beliefs are…and to examine them..to see how are we being either like the son or the mother.
Using our beliefs..to keep us in a place…we really don’t want to be!!
Love to all..
Brad
From one perspective this story has good morale values, but from my perspective this story angers me because I lost an eye through cancer so does this mean im a huge embarresment to my family?
To be frank! This is our fate!
Nice, even my mother has one eye….. that doesn’t make any difference to me nor my family. We love her too much.
Very interesting and valuable story. Parents are always right whatever they have think for their children. Sometimes the children think its not good for me, but when the time passes, the children realise that, the think that our parents suggestions is right.
Very interesting story. Why such guys behave like this I can’t understand.
It’s a very touching story. The story is showing the love of a mother on her kids…. whatever our parents do it is for the good of us, realize it…
Very touching story I started crying.
Love your parents when they are with you, and dont feel after they passed away.
Everything happens for reasons we should try to know them before it’s too late…..
Nice story
BUT u shoudnt have treaten her like this.
A very touchig story. I told this story in a story telling competition and I won the 1st prize.
Nice story.