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When people get married they are looking for the birth of a child. May be the
birth may be postponed for sometime as both husband and wife needs time to
settle down. But as years go by and if a child is not born the couple lose all
happiness. That shows how much they care for a child. Once the child is born
the parents forget themselves. Sometimes the child keeps them awake whole night
by wanting to play or may be the child is sick. I have seen many times parents
forget their sleep, food when their child is sick specially when the child is
in hospital. During the time period as the children grow up the parents have
one interest and that is to give the children their best. Philomena lost her
husband when her two sons were very small the elder was five and younger was
three.She did not marry again only because her second marriage may come in the
way of the children. She worked very hard to give her two sons the best. She
did not study much and so working in the office was out of question. After
their twelveth both sons got jobs in the gulf and they both got married. They
gradually concentrated on their own families and forgot their mother. Now the
mother grew old in age and found life to be a burden. She could not work any
more nor work in her own field. Life without any money was really a burden to
her.The sons when they came to Goa would not stay with the mother as the house
was old and partly fallen down. The window panes broken and in some rooms props
were erected. The sons would just visit the mother alone and be with her for
few minutes during that time she would beg for money. They would part with one
or two thousand which she would keep somewhere in a box without using it as she
needed that money for her funeral. She did not get any dole from the church as
she was termed as gulfkar's mom.A good neighbour looked after her field
andsometimes gave her food. One day the good old neighbour found the front door
closed and no sign of the old lady. They opened the door and went inside
andfound her dead .She was holding a bundle of notes in her right hand .When
counted it was three thousand .There was a neatly tied bundle and when opened
they found a nice white sari .Philomen knew her end was near and had kept the
front door half closed so that people could enter. She kept the money meant for
her funeral and so also her sari.The neighbours tried to contact her two sons
and when contacted they flatly told them that they cannot come to Goa as they
will not get leave. Years went by. The two sons felt that they could have a big
building constructed in the place where an old mud house stood. They got a nice
fantastic price for it .The builder gave the sons a good price. albert
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