A poor widowed mother fighting for her life celebrates her 33rd birthday with her teenage son at a homeless shelter. He gives her a small gift box and she has a fit after finding a key inside.

Viona had been through the worst days of her life, but nothing prepared her for the blow of losing her husband, Shaun.

Viona was 17 when she conceived. A high school dropout living aimlessly, she gave birth to her son Cory a few months later. She had no parents and Shaun, 19, was her only support. They had planned to get married soon after and live the beautiful life of their dreams with their newborn baby.

The couple sought solace with what little they had. Everything was perfect until Shaun died in a car accident, orphaning his wife and newborn son and taking more than their happiness to his grave…

In his lifetime, Shaun never made Viona regret anything. He was the sole breadwinner, so she struggled after he passed away.

” Mummy mummy ? Wake up… what happened to you? Cory was unaware of her mother’s condition and the surgery she needed.

Viona moved with her son to a nearby shelter after selling her small house to pay off Shaun’s debts. She took a job as a helper in a restaurant. The job didn’t require a degree, so Viona was safe, though her hands were painfully scarred from overwork.

Cory started going to school and everything was fine until Viona passed out in the kitchen while washing dishes.

“The sooner you do it, the better,” the doctor told Viona after being diagnosed with an illness that required urgent surgery.

To save money for the operation, Viona worked even harder, choosing not to disclose her condition to Cory, who was 14.

Two years passed, and the boy saw how difficult his mother was raising him, so he decided he couldn’t just sit there and watch.

“I have to do something to help mum. I’m going to start working… But who’s going to hire me? I’m still in ninth grade…” he wondered.

He came across an ad for a job as a sales assistant at a grocery store, and soon he was working there part-time every day after school. Initially, his mother was against it, but he convinced her that he liked what he was doing.

In order to devote more time to his work, he gave up football and never wasted time wandering around with his friends. The only thing that occupied him after a long day of work was his laptop.

Cory loved online games and tried to develop his own game. At 16, he started thinking like a responsible adult but still had no idea his mother was sick.

Viona had hidden the truth about her diagnosis because she didn’t want to scare Cory. She thought it would distract him from his studies.

One day, Cory looked uncharacteristically upset, and that worried Viona. “It’s nothing, mum…” he assured her. “I’m about to launch a new game app. It’s entertainment, plus it’s informative…useful for kids.”

” It’s interesting ! But why are you upset? she asked him.

“I need investors to launch my app. Unfortunately, no one wants to trust me because they think I’m just a kid. They think it would be risky.”

Viona sighed. She didn’t want to see her son give up on his dream or fail. She decided that she would help him achieve his goal. The next day, she went to the bank to withdraw all her savings.

“I believe in you, Cory! Take that money. Hope it helps you,” Viona said, handing him the $20,000 she had saved. It was hard-earned money she had accumulated since her diagnosis.

Cory thanked his mom and started getting things ready to launch his online game. He worked hard day and night, shuttling between school, his part-time store gig, and his new game development.

When Cory finally launched his game, it was a commercial success. Two months later, he gave his mother a small gift box on her 33rd birthday. Viona was surprised as it was her first gift in several years.

“What is it, darling? And why would you waste your money on getting me something? she asked, unpacking the box. Inside there was a key. “What is that?” she asked Cory.

“Happy birthday, mom! This is the key to our new home! said the boy, moving his mother to tears. But just as Viona was about to hug her son, she started having a seizure and passed out.

Cory was alarmed. ” Mummy mummy ? Wake up… what happened to you? he cried before struggling to get Viona to the hospital, where he finally learned what his mother had been hiding from him all these years.

“Please do everything you can to save her,” Cory told doctors who quickly operated on Viona. Cory paid for the surgery and Viona recovered a few weeks later.

“Son, why did you spend your money buying this house? You could have saved it for college,” Viona told Cory as she was about to be discharged from the hospital.

Cory smiled and hugged her. He told her that it was his duty to make her happy and to share her difficulties, not just her joy. “Let’s go home, mom!” he said, and they set off for their new home on the outskirts of town.

What can we learn from this story?

• There are so many things you can accomplish when you are motivated by love. Driven by his desire to help his struggling mother, 16-year-old Cory managed to become a successful game developer.
• Children can make the same sacrifices their parents make. Although Cory could have enjoyed his teenage years, he worked part-time to support his mother as he loved and appreciated her sacrifices for him.

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