"Do to others what you want them to do to you, Always bear in mind that people would run after you when they perceive success"Mummy said. She continued talking while I held her hands"Don't forget to treat people with respect, always forgive but keep to heart the lessons of the experience".
Mummy was in her late fourties she had high blood pressure she didn't inherit it but I caused it . Looking at her laying helplessly on the hospital bed , I tried holding my tears but it fell freely. After my dad died mum sold everything she had just to see me go to school. I finished my secondary school education with poor grades still she didn't scold me she only told me "son keep on pushing you can do it" her words fell on deaf ears maybe she was too soft on me. If only she was though like Dan's mum maybe she won't be laying down on this bed I thought to myself. Mum didn't give up on me she had to pay someone to take the exam for me oh how I wish I valued what she did for me now it's all clear. Why now? I sobbed."
The saying you don't value what you have till you lose it became a reality to me. I watched my mum slowly dieing yet smiling at the one person who caused the pain. If only I had given her the gift of going to the university maybe she would have pushed on to live for me rather I decided to waste my four years of going to school smoking, gambling and causing the only person that loved me pain . Oh how I wished I could make you smile before you die" I said to myself she put her hands on my cheek, cleaning the tears formed in my eyes she said it's not to late to change my son. Chukwuebuka do fufill my wish for me. That was the last time I heard my mum call my name. It felt like a knife was pierced through my heart. I killed her with pain, all I could do was make sighs of regrets.