My mom only had one eye. I hated her, 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..My friends made a joke of it."Your mom only has one eye….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..
That night...I woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mom was crying there, so quietly,. I took a look at her, and then turned away. Ah…is it Because of the thing I had said to her earlier? This made me hate her even more…. It was disgusting watching her cry out of her one eye.
That night...I woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mom was crying there, so quietly,. I took a look at her, and then turned away. Ah…is it Because of the thing I had said to her earlier? This made me hate her even more…. It was disgusting watching her cry out of her one eye.
well 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 Lagos to study, I completed my studies got a job then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. Then I had kids, too. I was living happily as a successful woman. I liked 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 boy ran away, scared of my mom's eye.
And I asked her, "Who are you? I don't know you!!!". I screamed at her "How dare you come to my house and scare my son! Get out 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 goodness... 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.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. Well I made up my mind I was going back to Kano for the reunion. After the reunion, I went down to the old shack, that I used to call a house...just out of curiosity and 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.... that read…..
Then I studied really hard. I left my mother and came to Lagos to study, I completed my studies got a job then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. Then I had kids, too. I was living happily as a successful woman. I liked 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 boy ran away, scared of my mom's eye.
And I asked her, "Who are you? I don't know you!!!". I screamed at her "How dare you come to my house and scare my son! Get out 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 goodness... 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.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. Well I made up my mind I was going back to Kano for the reunion. After the reunion, I went down to the old shack, that I used to call a house...just out of curiosity and 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.... that read…..
My daughter
I think my life has been long enough now, I won't visit Lagos 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 tor 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 daughter 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 she 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…wish I had one more chance to right my wrong…..
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…wish I had one more chance to right my wrong…..
Imagine what the world would be without our mothers... while we still have the chance, lets make it up .... the NINE months isn't a joke i tell you....
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