Mother

MOTHER
This story begins when I was a child: I was born poor. Often we hadn't enough to eat. Whenever we had some food, Mother often gave me her portion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl, she would say "Eat this rice, son! I'm not hungry."
This was Mother's First Lie.
As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fish, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother would sit beside me and eat what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten; my heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, "Eat this fish, son! I don't really like fish."
This was Mother's second lie
Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to bring home some used matchboxes which she filled with fresh matchsticks. This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. So I said, "Mother, go to sleep; it's late: you can continue working tomorrow morning." Mother smiled and said "Go to sleep, son! I'm not tired."
This was Mother's Third Lie
When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother's love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration; I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said "Drink, son! I'm not thirsty.
This was Mother's Fourth Lie.
After Father's death, Mother had to play the role of a single parent. She held on to her former job; she had to fund our needs alone. Our family's life was more complicated. We suffered from starvation. Seeing our family's condition worsening, my kind Uncle who lived near my house came to help us solve our problems big and small. Our other neighbors saw that we were poverty stricken so they often advised my mother to marry again. But Mother refused to remarry saying "I don't need love."
This was Mother's Fifth Lie.
After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my old Mother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morning just to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her money but she was steadfast and even sent the money back to me. She said, "I have enough money."
That was Mother's Sixth Lie.
I continued my part-time studies for my Master's Degree. Funded by the American Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. With a big jump in my salary, I decided to bring Mother to enjoy life in America but Mother didn't want to bother her son; she said to me "I'm not used to high living."
That was Mother's Seventh Lie
In her old age, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized. Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who was bedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heartbroken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said, "Don't cry, son! I'm not in pain."
That was Mother's Eighth Lie.
Telling me this, her eighth lie, she died.

YES, MOTHER WAS AN ANGEL!

M - O - T - H - E R

"M" is for the Million things she gave me,
"O" means that she will grow Old,
"T" is for the Tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her Heart of gold,
"E" is for her Eyes with love-light shining in them,
"R" means Right, and right she'll always be,

Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER" a word that means the world to me. For those of you who are lucky to be still blessed with your Mom's presence on Earth, this story is beautiful. For those who aren't so blessed, this is even more beautiful.

Jaan20123...Thanks...for posting such a wonderful post.

Did not want such a beautiful post to go without a reply, so here am paying my tributes.

I Love My MOTHER so very much and it has been 4 yrs since I came to the United States for my higher studies and there has never been a day that has gone by without thinking of her and fight back the strong urge to get back to her.

I did not like the 'O' part in your expansion (She will grow old), I cannot even and just do not want to imagine that. My MOTHER is the strongest. I can go mad at this very thought of she growing old. I always grew up thinking she is the strongest and she still is and she will always be.

All these four years of my life here, there was never peace to my mind, always have had this strong urge to go back and still have that...got married recently, got a Wife who's as awesome as my Mother is and going to have my Child in about a month or so...strongly want to go back.

I have always felt like a baby kangaroo tucked safe in Mother Kangaroo's pouch :)

Not expecting any reply, just putting my feelings (heart) to pen here. I am well aware that the post is very random , unrelated paragraphs...well...thats how my mind is :)


p.s: I did not like the ending...I avoid such endings ;)

Very Emotional Post;

She is the only person in the world who can't go selfish; you can get unpoluted love only from her; she can do anything for you to make you happy and to make you comfortable;

i am not sure is this a forwarded message or a writeup; it would be better if this post is moved to snippet of life; more can view this.

I am feeling sad to see only 1 reply from IL's for all these days for a good post that to regarding a mother.

True................

U made me to cry. Is it happened in your own life??

My condition is not different from Deraj. This article made me cry.

Hi Born2Vin. Very glad that you took interest in the subject and took time to contribute.

As you rightly said,
"she can do anything for you to make you happy and to make you comfortable;"
Yes,,,literally anything without thinking twice...just too see you happy

Deraj and VrindaVipul...Thanks...felt good. though this is not my thread, I for some reason am feeling happy that this post is getting response :)

--Sree.

dear jaan20123,
Really touching....the only soul who really love me from the bottom fo my heart...is my mom..i luv u mom....