Ma Perry raised her head and looked at her daughter with teary eyes, sniffing as she felt emotional. These four minutes had been the strangest and most touching moments of her life.
The song was packed with words, words probably her daughter had always wanted to tell her but never got to.
As a mother, how could she not be worried about her children?
From being a toddler even until now, she still worries. Even when her daughters are capable of doing so much on their own, she still worries.
Listening to this song, this ode to mothers, made her feel emotional, happy and relieved.
With the song, it was as if she was telling her that no matter where they go and what they do, they would always be carrying a part of her all the time.
Because in their memories from start to the end, as the mother, her impact on them was instilled deep in them. So how could they forget her?
Knowing that she wasn’t useless, Ma Perry felt that she was worried for nothing all this time.
So how could she not like the song?
"I love it!" she sincerely said an ugly smile on her face due to the crying. However, in her daughters’ eyes, she didn’t look ugly at all, but beautiful.
"I am glad that you like it, mother!" Diamond’s eyes shone as she looked at her mother.
"It might seem like we no longer depend on you and rely on you as much as we did. But with this song, I wanted you to know that it’s not the case. We love you so much and wherever we go. You will always be in our hearts.
We will never forget our roots and how we came to be," she confessed to her mother, her gaze shifting to Ruby, who was crying and being comforted by Pa Perry.
"So, mom. Don’t worry about us that much. You have done your best and will continue to do so. We will never forget that. So, I want you to enjoy your life and for once live for yourself and a world of two with Dad.
It doesn’t matter where you are, and what you are doing. For us, your children, we will always love you and will never forget everything that you have done for us.
I love you, Mom, always remember that" she said as she embraced her mother, rubbing her back as she soothed her crying mother.
There was silence in the room. Men and women choking, getting reminded of their mothers.
With time, some of them had forgotten what their mothers were like before. The pressure of being in households like theirs made them forget so many things.
And listening to Diamond right now made them feel too emotional. Was it too late to start now?
"I know, mom knows. I love you as well!" Ma Perry tearfully said as she patted her daughter’s back.
Diamond and her mother remained like that for a while before Ma Perry calmed her emotions.
Once she was fine, she smiled apologetically at everyone as she wiped the tears off her face and sat down next to her husband.
Ruby burrowed into her mother’s embrace and buried her face in her stomach, making Ma Perry pat the youngest with love.
It was good that everything was like that.
Diamond smiled at her parents and looked at her father, the pillar and shield of the family.
He was next.
Without saying a word to him, she started walking back to the stage, ready to continue from where she stopped at.
Pa. Pa. Pa.
As she walked back to the stage, the delayed applause suddenly arrived and everyone stood on their feet as they gave her a wonderful applause.
Diamond smiled thankfully as she looked at the guests who were her first audience if she excluded the staff at the recording studio.
Once she was standing in front, she looked at everyone and cleared her throat. f|ree(w)ebn\o.vel.com
"Ahem .... Thank you everyone for appreciating this song of mine. Do you like it?"
"In a quiet house where shadows fade,
Stands a father, strong and brave.
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