Maria was well into her eighties. Se had good health and a son. She also had her own house. Her son was grown up too but was not married yet. So in that house, she lived along with her son as her husband died long ago.
But her son didn't love her as she used to love him. One afternoon, Maria was sitting in her living room. That time her son, Bran came to her and said that she needed special care. Maria could not understand and asked what he meant. He replied that he had found a decent nursing home for her.
Maria was so shocked and got angry. She told her son clearly that she was not going there. She added that she had worked for 60 years of her life to have her own house when she was old. And now her son was trying to kick her out of that. He replied that it was not like that. But suddenly she felt tremendous pain in her heart. He became shocked and soon called the doctor.
When the doctor left, her son came to her. He showed a soft feeling towards her and said that she could at least sign the house over to her. It was because if something happened to her, how would he took care of it. The eighty years old Maria was convinced by her son and said that maybe he was right. And he smiled.
The very next day he called the lawyer in their home and asked him to make the papers. When he prepared the papers, Maria signed her house over to her son. Everything was well until the next day. The next morning when she woke up she regretted her decision.
She came out to her lawn and then saw a bulldozer and some men there. She became afraid and asked them who they were. They replied that her son had hired them to demolish that house. She was so shocked and could not believe it. They came to her and asked her to get out of the building. They added that she was getting in their way.
She got angry and said that she had not consented to have that house demolished. She asked them to call her son. When he came she asked him what he was doing. She addressed him as a scoundrel for his deeds. But her son replied that he got a lot of money for that plot of land. And then he could propose to Agatha, his lover.
Then he kneeled down and begged her mother to let him do it. He added that he needed the money. She told him that he had to be confused as that house belonged to her, not him. And then he changed his tone and said that his mom was wrong. He reminded her that she had signed the papers herself and left. Maria also told him to keep in mind that if he chose money, he didn't have a mother anymore.
She came out and told the men with the bulldozers that she was not moving from that place. They asked Brad what to do. He got angry and told them to demolish the house with his mother. Her son's deeds were continuously making her shocked, but she kept standing there.
The workers said to Brad that they were not going to demolish the house with an old woman. And then no one could predict what was about to happen next. Brad got angry and said that he had to do it all on his own. Then he got on the bulldozer. His mom screamed out what was his plan. But he didn't reply. The workers were also shocked.
He was about to demolish and then his mom came out. She told him to wait and said that she was leaving. She added that she had never thought that she would lose her son and her home in one day. She cried out and left the home with a plant tob in her hands. The poor old woman ended up on the street.
Fortunately, one nursing home took her in. She met elderly men and women there. One afternoon they were sitting together. One of them asked her if her kids also kicked her out. She didn't reply anything. Another woman said that when their kids were helpless, they loved them but when they became helpless, they abandoned them.
Maria's son never visited her. One day, an old man in the nursing home asked another elderly woman about Maria. He asked her where had she gone. She asked him if he had not heard. Then she told him that Maria went to heaven.
And for her son, he got married to the woman he loved. He started his own family and had a son and a daughter. He was supposed to have a great life. He and his wife had a perfect life. And their kids were also happy.
But when he grew old, his kids did to him what he had done to his mother. The kids packed all of his stuff and kicked him out of his own house. The son told him to go away and let them live their lives. The daughter also agreed with her brother. So, Brad had to leave the house.
And without knowing it, he ended up in the same nursing home his mother had lived in. One day he saw his mother's photo on the board. She was looking so upset. He took the photo and hugged it. He whispered that he was sorry. He now realized that he was so wrong. He started to cry in grief.
Our future is not simply our children. It's the respect of the young towards the elderly.
Brad never knew that what goes away will always come back but then, it will be too late to amend his or her ways.
He disrespected his mother who was old and now same thing was done to him by his children. We need to treat our eldely ones with respect and humble them.