The young widow, who
had one daughter, got married again. In
this marriage she had two other kids.
When her oldest daughter reached 14 years, the step-father said to
the
mother, “Your older one is old enough to earn her own money.
She must quit
school and find a job.”
"No way!” answered the mother, “I'm
a poor woman, who never went to
school, who doesn't know how to read and write. Like no one else, I
know
how difficult it is to live without education. So,” she continued, “all
my kids will be well educated. It doesn't matter, if you want it
for them or not!”
“I'm not going to feed your daughter”, yelled her husband.
“I'm going to leave you,” was the answer.
“I will never support you!” shouted the man.
“No one is asking you,” replied the woman. They got divorced.
Years later the old, very sick man was laying on
the couch. He understood the end is so close. He asked to call his
ex-wife. “I would
like to say
I'm sorry,” he said, “you were right. You raised three
kids without any support. Your oldest daughter became a professor
in the college, our daughter is an engineer and our son is a good
farmer. You gave a good
education to all of them, but I lost my kids. Sorry,” he repeated, “I
made a huge mistake.” |
