英文美文：My mom only had one eye

My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an embarrassment.

Once during elementary school, it was field day, and my mom came. I was so embarrassed and wondered how could she do this to me？

I threw her a hateful look and ran out. 

The next day at school, my schoolmates asked me, 'your mom only has one eye?!' and taunted me.

I was so angry with my mom and wished that she would just disappear from this world. 

So I said to my mom, 'Why don't you have the other eye?

If you're only gonna make me a laughingstock!' My mom did not respond. 

I told myself that I would become successful in the near future, so I studied very hard.

Later I got accepted by the Seoul University, I left my mother and came to Seoul to study.

Now I am living happily as a successful man.

I enjoy the life in Seoul because it's a place that doesn't remind me of my mom and my past.

This kind of happiness was getting bigger and bigger, until one day someone knocked at my door.

It was my mom! And still with her one eye!

My daughter ran away, scared of my mom's eye.

I screamed at her, 'Who are you? I don't know you!

How dare you come to my house and scare my daughter!' 

To this, my mom quietly answered, 'Oh, I'm so sorry. 

I may have gotten the wrong address,' and she disappeared out of sight.

One day, I went back to participate in a school reunion. 

After the reunion, I went down to the old shack, which I used to call a house, just out of curiosity. 

There I found my mom fallen on the cold ground. I did not shed a single tear.

Then a piece of paper in her hand came into my eyes. It was a letter to me.

My son,

I miss you so much.

And I was so glad when I heard youwere coming for the reunion. But I decided not to go to the school…for you. I'm so sorry that I only have one eye, and I was anembarrassment for you.

You see, when you were verylittle, you got into an accident and lost your eye. As a mom, I couldn't standwatching you having to grow up with only one eye. 

So I gave you mine. I was so proudof my son to see a whole new world for me with that eye.

I was never upset at you foranything you did. During the couple of times that you were angry with me, Ithought to myself, it's because he loves me.

My son…oh, my son…

Don't cry for me because of mydeath. I love you so much.