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little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school's first
teacher-parent conference. To the little boy's dismay, she said she
would go.
This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his
mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance. Although she was a
beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that covered nearly the entire
right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how
she got the scar.
At the conference, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural
beauty of his mother despite the scar, but the little boy was still
embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. He did, however, get within
earshot of a conversation between his mother and his teacher, and heard
them speaking.
"How did you get the scar on your face?" the teacher asked.
The mother replied, "When my son was a baby, he was in a room that
caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was
out of control, so I went in. As I was running toward his crib, I saw a
beam coming down and I placed myself over him trying to shield him. I
was knocked unconscious but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved
both of us." She touched the burned side of her face. "This scar will be
permanent, but to this day, I have never regretted doing what I did."
At this point, the little boy came out running towards his mother with
tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt an overwhelming sense of
the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly
for the rest of the day.
-Author Unknown
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