The son completely stopped visiting his mother, occasionally called, what was his surprise when he learned that she left him an inheritance.

Some people can improve only by learning a hard lesson. Unfortunately, sometimes even he is not able to completely change a person’s views on his being and his attitude towards others. It is especially sad when children do not pay enough attention to their parents. Sometimes we realize too late that mom and dad are not forever.

Valentine looked bitterly at his mother’s last resting place. Nearby were her friends, as well as tenants who rented a room in her apartment. The young family was sad. The children wept sincerely, suffering because of the death of their grandmother, who, although not their own, gave them a lot of love, attention and care. She also left them her apartment. Walik's fists shrank on their own. How could she leave her apartment to some crook? Why didn't she leave everything to him?



It all started a year ago. Then Ksenia Valeryevna was seriously ill. My son was on another business trip. He rarely spoke to his mother, and he honestly didn’t care about her. Valik tried to earn more money to leave the country forever. He wasn't thinking about his mother. Thought a lot about her apartment.



When his mother called him and told him about his condition, he quickly informed her that he could not come. Mom didn't talk to her son for long. I just took a big breath and said I could do it myself. I heard from the voice that the woman was very afraid. Valentine quickly forgot the conversation. He didn't arrive until 8 months later. A few weeks after his arrival, he decided to visit his mother. He was in for a big surprise.

Mom's apartment has always been a huge temptation for Walik. He often dreamed of the moment when he would settle here or sell this huge living space and finally go somewhere abroad. The apartment was really big. It was located in one of the most beautiful houses in St. Petersburg and was very expensive. High ceilings and four stunning rooms. Walik's ultimate dream.



What was the surprise of a man when the door was opened not by his mother, but by some sweet stranger. From the bowels of the apartment came a child's laughter. Valik asked where his mother was, realising how silly it sounded. The woman smiled and said that Ksenia Valeryevna was resting in the living room.

That's where Walik found his mom. There were two kids running around. Ksenia Valeryevna smiled and held the third in her arms. Her smile quickly faded when she saw her son.

Oh, it's you. It's good that you finally came in. We need to talk seriously.

The conversation went so that Valentine ran out of the apartment in a rage, smashing an expensive vase on the road, which stood in the hallway. He did it out of anger, remembering how much his mother loved her. Turns out my mother's disease was incurable. Ksenia Valeryevna found out about it, cried and humbled herself. At this point in his mother's story, Valentine could not resist and complacency manifested itself on his greedy face. He thought that soon the desired apartment will get him. Finally!



Mom didn't notice that look on her son's face. Or she pretended that she had gone on with her story. Six months ago, my mother began to lack money, because she spent a lot on tests and medicines. Then the woman made the difficult decision to rent out three rooms out of four in order to somehow hold out her last months. She appeared in her life that month. Vasiliev family.

They immediately liked the old woman, as they liked her. The mother of the family enjoyed spending evenings with Ksenia Valeryevna, listening to her stories about her youth and talking about her life. The children were nice and didn’t bother the old woman. The husband of a young mother recently went to a better world, and she was left alone, as was Ksenia Valeryevna. Although she had an adult son...



The end of the story Valik already felt, although he hoped not to understand what. Yes, my mother's monologue ended in the worst possible way: She decided to leave her huge apartment to Luda Vasilyeva and her children.

Valik spit poison and shouted at his mother that she did not understand people and just want to cheat. To which my mother replied that if she did, she didn’t care. Luda gave her so much attention and love that her own son could not give in all his life, which she gave him once.



Life Wisdom: What does this story teach us? A few months later, Xenia left this world. She was happy because her last few months were wonderful. Luda took care of it, and her children helped. The Vasilyevs accepted the old lady, and she finally felt like it. How does it feel when you have a real family and loving children who care about you?

Mom left something for her son, too. A small box containing a vase. The same vase he broke. It was neatly glued together, and inside was a little note:

“Unfortunately, a mother’s heart is harder to glue than this vase.”