My 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 my mother's first lie.
As I grew, mother gave up her spare time to cultivate
vegetables on a small patch of land near our home.. She hoped that she could
give me some nutritious food for my growth. She would make delicious soups from
the best of the seasonal crops she was able to grow.
While I was eating the soup, mother would sit beside me and eat
what was still left in the bowl. My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I
gave her half my share but she immediately refused it and said, 'Please eat
this soup, son! I don't really like soup so much.' This was my 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 my mother's
third lie.
When I had to sit for 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 my
mother's fourth lie.
After my father's death, mother had to play the role of a
single parent. She held on to her former job and somehow had to make ends meet
alone. Our family's status was precarious and many a time we suffered from
starvation. Seeing our family's condition worsening, my kind Uncle, who lived
near my house, offered 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 my mother's fifth lie.
After I had finished my studies and found 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 amount back to me! She said, 'I have enough money.'
That was my 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 don’t
want a comfortable life.' That was my mother's seventh lie.
In her dotage, 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 any pain.' That was my mother's eighth lie!
Telling me this, her eighth lie, she died. Yes, my mother was
an angel!
It is for this reason that they define Mother this way –
M - O - T - H - E - R
'M' is for the Million things she gave me;
'O' means she became Old as she gave her life for me;
'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 the Righteous and exemplary life she lead.
Put them all together, they spell 'MOTHER' - a word that means
the world to me.
With Best Regards
SHENOY INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL
CONSULTANTS PRIVATE LIMITED
11-A, KASHI NIKETAN, 2ND ROAD,
CHEMBUR, MUMBAI - 400 071
TEL : 6797 3433 / 2521 2111
EMAIL : shifc...@gmail.com
shifc...@mtnl.net.in
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