eternal gift~

a mother's sacrifice..

after i've read diz story, if im not mistaken, bout last week's tv3 drama (9th of may kot~), all the plot n even the ending wuz d same. anyhow, it surely touches d heart. heh.

happy reading!

My mom only had one eye. I hated her... she was such an embarrassment. My mom ran a small shop at a flea market. She collected little weeds and such to sell... anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment.

There was this one day during elementary school.I remember that it was field day, and my mom came. I was so embarrassed.How could she do this to me? I threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school..."Your mom only has one eye?!" and they taunted me.

I wished that my mom would just disappear from this world so I said to my mom, "Mom, why don't you have the other eye?! You're only going to make me a laughingstock. Why don't you just die?" My mom did not respond. I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time, it felt good to think that I had said what I'd wanted to say all this time.

Maybe it was because my mom hadn't punished me, but I didn't think that I had hurt her feelings very badly.

That night...I woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mom was crying there, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might wake me. I took a look at her, and then turned away. Because of the thing I had said to her earlier, there was something pinching at me in the corner of my heart. Even so, I hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye. So I told myself that I would grow up and become successful, because I hated my one-eyed mom and our desperate poverty.

Then I studied really hard. I left my mother and came to Seoul and studied, and got accepted in the Seoul University with all the confidence I had. Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. Then I had kids, too.

Now I'm living happily as a successful man. I like it here because it's a place that doesn't remind me of my mom. This happiness was getting bigger and bigger, when someone unexpected came to see me "What?! Who's this?!" ...It was my mother...Still with her one eye. It felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me. My little girl ran away, scared of my mom's eye.

And I asked her, "Who are you? I don't know you!!!" as if I tried to make that real. I screamed at her "How dare you come to my house and scare my daughter! 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. Thank good ness... she doesn't recognize me. I was quite relieved. I told myself that I wasn't going to care, or think about this for the rest of my life.

Then a wave of relief came upon me...one day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. I lied to my wife saying that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went down to the old shack, that I used to call a house...just out of curiosity 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.

She wrote:
My son...
I think my life has been long enough now. And... I won't visit Seoul anymore... but would it be too much to ask if I wanted you to come visit me once in a while? I miss you so much. And I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I decided not to go to the school.... For you... I'm sorry that I only have one eye, and I was an embarrassment for you. 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 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 at you for anything you did. The couple times that you were angry with me. I thought to myself, 'it's because he loves me.' I miss the times when you were still young around me.
I miss you so much. I love you. You mean the world to me.

My world shattered!!!

Then I cried for the person who lived for me... MY MOTHER

p/s: aiyo, nice story, aint it?!

Ummi...

diz post is a tribute to my beloved mother...
n here she is...

wit luv from d sky..

p/s: It is said that Heaven lies under your mothers feet. Love her till the last moment, cause a mother's debt can never be paid back.

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Mothers are accorded a special place of honor and respect in Islam. A mother sacrifices for the well-being of her children.

She has many sleepless nights either because her child is sick or because of worries. No one would believe, unless they have experienced it, that older children need more guidance. All you can do is wish for them the best, raise them well, and have them grow up with strong moral values and firm religious background. The mother is the primary teacher of the child, the best well-wisher.

Imagine how it is for children who did not have a mother. Some children die out of lack of love or have attachment disorders. Our dear Prophet (Muhammad s.a.w) lost both his father before he was born, and his mother at a very young age. How he must have suffered without his two parents to guide him. Yet this is what gave him social consciousness and empathy for other orphans. So this Mother's Day, and every day, give your mother a hug. No one can replace a mother, or her love.

here is a video which is undeniably touching, as this song so eloquently reminds us; "We shall never find another love as tender towards us as our mother's" .

Ummi - by ahmed bukhatir

I will return oh mother لسوف أعود يا أمي

And kiss your chaste head أقبّل رأسك الزاكي

And supress all my complaints أبتّك كل أشواقي

And taste the scent of your blessings وأرشف عطر يمناك

enjoy the richness of your comfort أمرغ في ثرى قدميك

my cheek when I meet you خدي حين ألقاك

Water the soil with my tears أروي الترب من دمعي

Happy that you are alive سرورا في محياك

How many nights did you stay up late فكم أسهرت من ليل

So that I could sleep to my content? لأرقد ملأ أجفاني

And how many times did you thirst وكم أظمأت من جوف

So you could quench my thirst with your tenderness? لترويني بتحناني

And one day I was ill, I do not forget ويوم مرضت لا أنسى

The tears from you that were like the rain دموعا منك كالمطر

And your eyes which stayed awake وعينا منك ساهرة

fearing that I may be in danger تخاف علي من خطر

And the day we parted at dawn ويوم وداعنا فجرا

and Oh what a harsh dawn that was وما أقساه من فجر

Words cannot explain what يحار القول في وصف الذي

I felt when I abandoned you لاقيت من هجري

And you told me things which I still وقلت مقولة لا زلــت

remember throughout my life مدّكرا بها دهري

"You will never find a heart محال أن ترى صدرا

more tender towards you than mine" أحن عليك من صدري "

You will never find a heart محال أن ترى صدرا

more tender towards you than mine" أحن عليك من صدري