Seeing my mother covering with perspiration, I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too
Mother said “Drink, son
I'm not thirsty!”.
That was Mother's Fourth Lie.
After the death of my father because of illness, my poor mother had to play her role as a single parent
By held on her former job, she had to fund our needs alone.
Our family's life was more complicated
No days without sufferance
Seeing our family's condition that was getting worse, there was a nice uncle who lived near my house came to help us, either in a big problem and a small problem.
Our other neighbors who lived next to us saw that our family's life was so unfortunate, they often advised my mother to marry again
But mother, who was stubborn, didn't care to their advice, she said “I don't need love.”
That was Mother's Fifth Lie.
After I had finished my study and then got a job, it was the time for my old mother to retire
But she didn't want to; she was sincere to go to the marketplace every morning, just to sell some vegetable for fulfilling her needs.
I, who worked in the other city, often sent her some money to help her in fulfilling her needs, but she was stubborn for not accepting the money
She even sent the money back to me
She said “I have enough money.”
That was Mother's Sixth Lie.
After graduated from Bachelor Degree, I then continued my study to Master Degree
I took the degree, which was funded by a company through a scholarship program, from a famous University in America
I finally worked in the company.
Within a quite high salary, I intended to take my mother to enjoy her life in America
But my lovely mother didn't want to bother her son, she said to me “I'm not used to.”
That was Mother's Seventh Lie.
After entering her old age, mother got a flank cancer and had to be hospitalized
I, who lived in miles away and across the ocean, directly went home to visit my dearest mother.
She lied down in weakness on her bed after having an operation
Mother, who looked so old, was staring at me in deep yearn
She tried to spread her smile on her face, even it looked so stiff because of the disease she held out.
It was clear enough to see how the disease broke my mother's body, thus she looked so weak and thin
I stared at my mother within tears flowing on my face
My heart was hurt, so hurt, seeing my mother on that condition
But mother, with her strength, said “Don't cry, my dear
I'm not in pain.”
That was Mother's Eight Lie.
After saying her eighth lie, She closed her eyes forever!