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My Mother Almost Lost Her Life Catching A Train To Come Home On Time

Because she needed to catch her train, she risked her own life. And as a result, her beautiful smile was ruined, and she had to spend lots of money to find a dentist who could fix her chipped tooth.

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Time is precious. We get that. As our lives get busier, we put in our utmost effort to keep up with our fixed schedules. But at the same time, we lose a sense of time and become victims of a demanding day to day plan. And in the end, time gets the worst of us. I didn't know that until a certain incident occurred.

On a hot summer day, I was preparing the things my mother asked me to bring out for dinner. My job was to grab the vegetables and the meat that my mother wanted to cook for dinner on that day after she comes back from work. Once I brought out everything on the table, I waited for my mother to be back at the usual time, 5:23 p.m. When I realized that it was ten minutes past her usual time, I knew something was up. She either missed the train or she fell asleep on the train and miss her stop.

By the time I went to dial her, my mother called me instead. I picked it up and heard my mother crying on the other line. I asked her what was wrong, and my mother told me that when she was catching her train, she fell on the escalator and hurt her legs. Not to mention, she broke her front teeth. I asked her if she was alright and was in good condition to drive. She told me that she can still drive, and she even managed to catch her train. I was upset to hear that she almost risked her life to catch her train and come home.

When she arrived home, she wore a sad expression on her face and quickly showed me her chipped front tooth. Whenever she smiled, her chipped front tooth completely ruined the smile. My mother was very unhappy about this and wanted to find a dentist right away to help fix her chipped tooth. Fortunately, my mother was able to find one and went to the dentist two days later. However, she came back with her cosmetic filling that made her tooth looked different from the others. So, she had to find another professional dentist to help fix her cosmetic filling. In the end, my mother managed to fix her cosmetic filling and her smile is now as beautiful as ever.

What was the lesson here? Other than making sure that you find a reliable and professional dentist to help with your teeth, in life, you shouldn't rush at all. No matter if you're late to work or even to a meeting, never rush at all. You're only risking your life. That's what happened to my mother. Because she needed to catch her train, she risked her own life. And as a result, her beautiful smile was ruined, and she had to spend lots of money to find a dentist who could fix her chipped tooth. "Rushing to catch the train isn't worth it at all," my mother says, "there were other trains coming. I didn't need to catch this one." Indeed, time did rush my mother, but I was grateful that time was at least merciful to spare my mother's life.

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