My mom had only one eye.. I hated her...she was such an embarassment.She ran a small shop at a flea market.She collected weeds and such to sell..anything for the money we needed....She was such an ambarassment..... There was dis one day during elementary school,,it was field day and my mom came. I threw her a hateful look and ran out.... The next day at school everyone teased me your mom has only 1 eye.......and they taunted me....I wished that my mom would just disappear from this world...So I said to my mom,why dont you have the other eye?,If youre only gonna make me a laughing stock,why dont you just die.My mom did not respond......I guessed I felt a little bad,but at the same time it felt good cos I said what I wanted to say.... That night,I woke up to get a glass of water.My mom was crying,quietly,as she was afraid she might wake me.I took a look at her,then turned away.Because of wat I had said earlier,there was something pinching me in the corner of my heart.....even so, I hated my mom,so I told myself that I wud grow up and become successful cos I hated my one eye mom and our poverty. Then I studied real hard.I left my mother and came to Seoul and studied and got acceptd in the university with all the confidence.....Then I got married.I bought a house,then I had kids,too.......Now Im living happily and successfully.I like it here cos its a place that doesnt remind me of my mom.. This happiness was getting bigger and bigger when.... What! Whos this? ....its my mother ....still with her one eye ...it felt as if my whole world was falling apart.My little girl ran away,I screamed at her,how dare you cum to my house,get ou of here.... GET OUT OF HERE NOW!! And to this my mother quietly answered,Im sorry,I got the wrong address.and she disappeared.Thank goodness she didnt recognise me... One day a letter ,regarding a school re-union came.So lying to my wife that I was going on a business trip I went home.After the re-union,I went to the old shack,that I used to call a house....just out of curiousity... There I found my mother fallen on the cold ground.But I DID NOT SHED A SINGLE TEAR.She had a piece of paper in her hand....it was a letter to me.. My SON I think my life has been long enough now...and I wont visit Seoul anymore,but wud it be too much if I wanted you to come visit once in a while? I miss you sooo much...and I was so glad when I heard you were coming to the re-union,but I decided not to go to the school....for you.. and I am sorry I have only one eye,and that I was An embarassment to you.. You see when you were very little,you got into an accident,and lost your eye.As a mom,I cudnt stand to watch you grow up with only one eye....so I gave you mine.....I was so proud of my son that was seeing a whole new world for me,in my place,with that eye.... I was never upset wid you for anything you did,the couple of times that you were angry wid me,I thought to myself,Its because he loves me... My son....oh my son... I dont want you to cry for me ,because of my death,please dont cry,my son... I LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUCH!
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 08:26:24 +0000
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