The Other Woman!

March 26, 2007

Mood : touched
Music : Moments by Emerson Drive

This was sent to me by my sister in law and really felt the need to post it. It just another example of how important family is and how life is short!! It touched my heart and I hope it touches your. Author is Unknown.

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take
another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I
love you, but I know this other woman loves you and
would love to spend some time with you.”

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was
my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the
demands of my work and my three children had made it
possible to visit her only occasionally. That night I
called to invite her to go out for
dinner and a movie.

“What’s wrong, are you well,” she asked? My mother
is the type of woman who suspects that a late night
call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.

“I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some
time with you,” I responded. “Just the two of us.”
She thought about it for a moment, and then said, “I
would like that very much.”

That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her
up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house,
I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about
our date. She waited in the door with her coat on.
She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress
that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding
anniversary.

She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an
angel’s. “I told my friends that I was going to go out
with my son, and they were impressed,” she said, as
she got into the car. “They can’t wait to hear about
our meeting.”

We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant,
was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if
she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to
read the menu. Her eyes could only
read large print. Half way through the entries, I
lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at
me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. “It was I who
used to have to read the menu when you were
small,” she said. “Then it’s time that you relax and
let me return the favor,” I responded.

During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation-
-nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent
events of each other’s life. We talked so much that
we missed the movie.

As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go
out with you again, but only if you let me invite
you.” I agreed.

“How was your dinner date?” asked my wife when I got
home. “Very nice. Much more so than I could have
imagined,” I answered.

A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart
attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a
chance to do anything for her.

Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy
of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother
and I had dined. An attached note said: “I paid this
bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be
there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates - one
for you and the other for your wife.

You will never know what that night meant for me.
I love you, son.”

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying
in time: “I LOVE YOU” and to give our loved ones the
time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more
important than your family. Give them the
time they deserve, because these things cannot be put
off till “some other time.”

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