Son Visits Old Mother for the First Time in 15 Years and Finds Only Ruins of Her House — Story of the Day
A man returns to his hometown after 15 years to see his mother and finds her house in ruins and no one knows if she’s even alive.
Jason Warner was determined to be a successful man, a rich man, but there was no way that was going to happen in Oberlin Ohio, population 4000. So as soon as he graduated high school, Jason packed his bags and left.
His father had died when Jason was small and he’d been raised by his mother, Rose. Jason had no siblings to leave behind, and he was sure that Rose would be just fine. Besides, he had his life to live.
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Things worked out pretty much as Jason had planned them. He graduated top of his class in law school and was offered a position in a prestigious firm. During his first week on the job, he met the boss’s daughter and his future was guaranteed.
Mary Beth Harrow fell in love with the young lawyer, and what Mary Beth wanted Mary Beth got. Jason was delighted. Mary Beth was pretty enough, she was rich, and her father promoted his career.
It was all perfect and it only got better when Jason and Mary Beth got married and welcomed twins — a boy and a girl. Jason had never thought of himself as a fatherly type but he fell in love with his children.
He just couldn’t imagine life without Rita and Roy. Every moment he could spare from work he spent with his family. But while Roy and Rita were delighted to have their dad around the house all the time, Mary Beth wasn’t.
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She discovered that the new fatherly Jason bored her, and she soon filed for divorce and custody of the children. Jason was devastated. He fought for his children tooth and nail, but his father-in-law was a powerful man, and he lost.
Jason lay on his bed in his hotel room feeling devastated, empty. Then he thought: “Is this how my mother felt when I left? Is this what I did to her?” He realized that it had been fifteen years since he’d left, and he hadn’t contacted his mother even once.
Early the next morning, Jason was on a plane to Cleveland, then he rented a car and drove to Oberlin. He was excited as he started driving down those familiar streets. He couldn’t wait to see Rose and to tell her...