Her monthly pension is ₹43,000, yet she looks after children in the city – until she sees how her daughter-in-law saved her contacts.
Her monthly pension is Rs. 43,000, yet she looks after children in the city—until she finds out how her daughter-in-law saved her contact…
I am a retired mother, 67 years old, and my pension is Rs. 43,000 a month—not much, but enough to live comfortably in my village in Uttar Pradesh. When my son called me to Delhi to take care of my six-month-old son as my daughter-in-law had returned to work after maternity leave, I couldn’t refuse.
I packed my belongings, picked up jars of mango pickle and a box of laddoos from home, and took the overnight bus to the city. The initial days were very burdensome, but I kept saying to myself: “My child is in trouble—I’ll help as long as I can. “I didn’t ask for anything. I took care of my own expenses—from breakfast tea to joint supplements. I just wanted some warmth in the house.
Then one afternoon, I saw my daughter-in-law’s phone on the table. There was a flash of an incoming call on the screen. I was shocked when I saw how he had saved my number:
“Village mother-in-law. ”
Not even “Mom.” Not even “mother-in-law.” Just four cold, heartbreaking words: “Village mother-in-law.” ”
I didn’t say anything. I went to the small room and cleaned up, put the key where she could find it, didn’t wake anyone up, and went back to my village on the night bus.
A week later, I was plucking vegetables in the courtyard when a neighbor hurried up with my phone.
“Aunty, your son is on the phone – he’s crying a lot…”
My hands trembled as I picked up the phone.
“Mom… Neha has suffered a postpartum haemorrhage—she is in the emergency ward. I don’t know what to do. The child cried all night. Please… Can you come?”
I froze when the wind blew my grey hair. There was a tightness in my throat—not from anger, but from love.
Love for your child. Love for grandchildren. And love for the old woman that I have become—a mother who is willing to leave her old age to take care of a family, yet is called a stranger in her own son’s house.
I didn’t respond right away.
But I knew I was going back.
Because more than sadness, I’m a mother.
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