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My mom only had one eye.
I hated her... she was such
an embarrassment.
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She cooked for
students & teachers tosupport the family.
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There was this one day
during elementary schoolwhere my mom came to
say hello to me.
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I was so embarrassed.
How could she do this
to me?
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I ignored her, threw
her a hateful look and
ran out.
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The next day at school one of
my classmates said,"EEEE, your mom only has
one eye!"
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I wanted to bury myself.
I also wanted my mom to
just disappear.
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So I confronted her that day
and said, " If you're onlygonna make me a laughing
stock, why don't you just
die?!!!"
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My mom did notrespond...
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I didnt even stop to think
for a second about what Ihad said, because I was
full of anger.
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I was oblivious to herfeelings.
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I wanted myself out of
that house, and have
nothing to do with her.
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So I studied real hard,
got a chance to go to
Singapore to study.
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Then, I got married.I bought a house of my own.
I had kids of my own.
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I was happy with my
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Then one day, my mothercame to visit me.
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She hadn't seen me in
years and she didn't even
meet her grandchildren.
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When she stood by the door,
my children laughed at her,and I yelled at her for coming
over uninvited.
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I screamed at her, "How dare
you come to my house andscare my children!"
GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!"
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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.
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One day, a letter regarding a
school reunion came to my
house in Singapore.
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So I lied to my wife that Iwas going on a business
trip.
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After the reunion, I went to theold shack just out of curiosity.
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My neighbors said thatshe died.
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I did not shed a singletear.
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They handed me a letterthat she had wanted me to
have.
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"My dearest son,
I think of you all the time.I'm sorry that I came to
Singapore and scared yourchildren.
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I was so glad when I
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But I may not be able to
even get out of bed to
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I'm sorry that I was a
constant embarrassmentto you when you were
growing up.
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You see........when you
were very little, you gotinto an accident, and lost
your eye.
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As a mother, I couldn't
stand watching you having
to grow up with one eye.
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So I gave you mine.
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I was so proud of my son
who was seeing a wholenew world for me, in my
place, with that eye.
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With my love to you,
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Your mother.
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