After the passing of his father, a man made the decision that would later haunt him—he placed his aging mother in an old age home.
At first, he visited her regularly. A few hours here, a holiday visit there. But life went on—work, responsibilities, a growing family—and those visits became less frequent, more rushed, and filled with guilt he carefully tucked away behind polite smiles and short hugs.
His mother, gentle and quiet, never once complained.
Then one day, the phone rang.