--A VERY TOUCHING STORY--

Subject: --A VERY TOUCHING STORY-- 23rd February 2008, 12:21 pm

Kapag di ka umiyak sa kwento, bato ka
talaga!

Send it to the kids.....

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 daughter,

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.