Parents

" “Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you."

Deuteronomy 5:16

I’ll be the first to admit that honoring your parents is at times on the top of my “work on it” list. They brought us into this world and we should always respect and love them no matter the situation. Even if it kills us inside. Drop that pride and love. Drop that rebellious nature and be obedient. Ok, I’m done preaching. The following is a story I read a few days ago and really made my heart sore. ENJOY..

My mother only had one eye.
I hated her… she was such an embarrassment.
She cooked for students and teachers to support the family.

There was this one day during elementary school where my mother came to say hello to me…
I was so embarrassed.
How could she do this to me?!

I ignored her, threw her a hateful look and ran out.

The next day at school one of my classmates said:
“EEEE, your mum only has one eye!”

I wanted to bury myself.
I also wanted my mother to just disappear.

So I confronted her that day and said:
“If you’re only gonna make me a laughing stock, why don’t you just die?”

My mother did not respond!
I didn’t even stop to think for a second about what I had said, because I was full of anger.
I was oblivious to her feelings…

I wanted to get out of that house…
So I studied real hard, got a chance to go to Singapore to study.

Then, I got married.
I bought a house of my own.
I had kids of my own.
I was happy with my life

Then one day, my mother came to visit me.
She hadn’t seen me in years and she didn’t even meet her grandchildren!
When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her.

I screamed at her:
“How dare you come to my house and scare my children!”
“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 out of sight.

One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house.
So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip…

After the reunion, I went to the old shack just out of curiosity!!!.
My neighbors said that she…
Had died!

I did not shed a single tear.
They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have…

“My beloved son,

I think of you all the time…

I’m sorry that I came to Singapore and scared your children.
I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion.
But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you.

I’m sorry that I was a constant embarrassment to you when you were growing up.

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 one eye.

So…
I gave you mine.
I was so proud of my son who was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye.

With my love to you…
…Your mother.”

It’s never too late to mend a broken relationship no matter how bad it may have been in the past. You don’t want to end up with guilt like this son did do you? When in doubt, love people.." -http://knowgodknowlove.com/

"At my grad breakfast, I started crying because my dad wrote something that hurt my feelings in my letter. Then, he said that he missed the way we used to hold hands when we walked.

Today, I spent the whole day with him. I had my hand tucked between his arms as he held the umbrella for me, just like the way we used to when I was his little girl.

My feet were cold, my shoes and soaks soaked, and my fingers numb, but it was one of the warmest feelings I have felt in my heart in a long time." -Jancy Hui