#Club100 || Wednesday #jupiter || short story : Mother's love || 15% to @hive-151446

I remember it was many years ago. It was Christmas season. I was in primary school at the time, we had just closed for the term and we were going for our Christmas holiday. I had performed badly in my school examination and my parents weren't happy with me.

Generally, things were also not going well for my family , my mum had lost her shop to a fire that broke out in the market. My dad's company reduced his salary because of the poor economic situation of the country at the time. They didn't want to sack anyone so instead they reduced the salary of all their workers.

Things really changed in my family, our standard of living became lower than it was and so we had to cut down so much on our expenditures.

Christmas was fast approaching and all my friends had gotten stuffs for Christmas. It was a tradition, parents always got their children new clothes for Christmas. We would wear these clothes to a children Christmas party organised by the local government. The party was always fun, we played different games and took lots of photographs.
Every child looked forward to that day, we talked about it, sang about it and even dreamt about it. My parents had initially promised to buy me a coat that Christmas, I had told my friends in school about it, they had also told me what they were getting and we all had planned and prepared for the Christmas party.

After my dad saw my school examination results, he changed his mind. He said he was no longer going to get me anything for Christmas, he said I didn't deserve it. My dad had never deprived me of anything because of my performance in school, this was really weird.

He could no longer afford the coat and so he used my performance in school as an excuse not to get me something for Christmas. I was really sad, I even developed a fever.
My friends always came to my house to show me what their parents had gotten for them for Christmas but I had nothing to show for myself.

My mum always consoled me, she would say there are many more Christmas parties to come and I would get what I wanted when the next Christmas comes. I wasn't really pleased, I didn't stop crying, I cried morning and night.

One evening , when my mum came back from the market, She sent for me but I refused going, I locked myself in my room, I didn't want to see anyone because I was angry. She came by my room door and dropped a package. When I later opened the door, I saw a package just in front of my door, I was curious and I immediately opened it. It was the exact coat I wanted for Christmas. I was so excited. I ran to her, hugged her and thanked her.

On the day of the party, I brought out the clothes from my bag, although it still new and smooth, I went ahead to iron it, I was carried away by the tom-and-jerry cartoon that was showing on the television and before I knew it, I had burnt my coat. I immediately screamed and cried.

My mum was really unhappy with me, the coat costs a fortune and she had borrowed to buy it for me, just to make me happy. This time I knew I had ruined my day myself, I just went to my bed and slept. When my friends came to call me so we could go for the party, I refused coming out.

Few minutes after they left, my mum came knocking at my door, I refused opening because I couldn't just face her, I know what she went through to get me the coat and because of my carelessness I had destroyed it. I cried and told her I was sorry. She said it was fine that I should just open the door. I went to the door and opened it. I couldn't look her on the face, with my head facing the ground and Still in tears, I apologised again. I told her I was ready to serve any punishment she gave me.

She came closer to me and hugged me, she said it was okay and I shouldn't cry or hurt myself anymore. She opened her bag,brought out another bag and gave me. When I opened the bag, I was surprised and shocked,She had gotten me another coat even after I ruined the first one. I couldn't utter a word, Tears just poured down from my eyes. I hugged her very tightly and she said to me "I LOVE YOU SON".