A son took his mother to a old age home, where he visited her from time to time.

A son took his mother to a old age home, where he...

Respect Your Parents ( A Short Story Must Read )

After his father’s death, the son decided to leave his mother at an old age home and visited her on and off.

Once he received a call from the old age home... Mom very serious... please come to visit.

The son went and saw mom very critical, on her dying bed.

He asked: Mom, what can I do for you?

Mom replied… "Please install fans in the old age home, there are none... Also put a fridge for the betterment of food because many times I slept without food."

The son was surprised and asked: Mom, while you were here you never complained, now you have a few hours left and you are telling me all this, why?

Mom replied… "it’s OK dear, I’ve managed with the heat, hunger & pain, but when your children will send you here, I am afraid you will not be able to manage!

She warned me vehemently to take care of what I left behind and said that this is why she wants to modernize the old age home because she feared that one day, perhaps, my children would abandon me there, and I would experience what she did. Her final words were, "What you give is what you get."