This Must Be Mercy

A short, meaningful and true story.

Orphaned Young Children:

The two brothers continue their lives with their children in a house with a courtyard in accordance with the old Anatolian culture. The siblings are married, one has 4 children and the other 5 children. The youngest of the children is 1 year old and the oldest is 9 years old. The older brother's 33-year-old wife dies untimely from tetanus. There are 4 orphans left. Most of all, this 1-year-old boy seeks the absence of his mother. All family members take care of these children as much as they can. Everyone does their best, their only concern is to appease these children. And they do so with great zeal and compassion.

Since the children of both brothers are very young, they spend their days together, although they do not understand what is going on. But this is the mother; its place is not filled. No matter what is done, the absence of the departed mother is always sought. Orphans are always looking for their mothers, even if the games give some relief to the presents.

Family members, who find a solution for everything, are helpless in the face of this deficiency. Especially the reproaches of the little boy, who has not even been weaned, hurt everyone's heart. But, unfortunately, God's will has been manifested in this way. There is nothing to do but love and compassion. The grandfather sometimes puts the little child on his neck, takes him around for hours, sometimes tours the city on the city bus many times, and the grandmother cooks whatever the children want, as long as they are happy. Their devoted aunts become mothers to them and sweep their hair in their path. Everyone does their best. But the younger brother's wife, who has the least blood ties and can be considered indifferent over time, that is, the deceased mother's wife, does something that is indescribable.

Little Elti Finds the Remedy:

Little Elti had always seen her deceased Elti as an older sister. He knew he always had his support. In her difficult days, she felt the absence of this sister in her bones. But what a solution is this. This little aunt realizes something in this grueling process. Their children are also small. But when they turn around as a mother and mother, they notice the sad state of the orphaned children, who they call one, in every word of "mother" being called. It is very difficult, but she decides and gathers her own children in a room. He gives a special admonition to his own children. He tells me the situation in terms of compassion and love, in case you will not call me "mother" in front of these children from now on. Children agree, too. But his children are also very small, the youngest is 2 and the oldest is 8 years old.

While this situation continues, the children sometimes forget and often call them mother, the little sister-in-law reminds the child of the situation, either with an eyebrow-eye gesture or as if implying the speech she made appropriately. He's a little more tolerant of the very little ones, but his 8-year-old daughter is a bit tactless and doesn't quite understand the situation. The mother also explains the situation to her 8-year-old daughter, who is a little older, several times. But in the end, she is also a child, she either forgets or perceives it as a game. Despite the repeated repetitions of the event, the child still reads what he knows.

Again, on a summer day, while the children were playing together in the courtyard, the 8-year-old girl persistently and inappropriately addressed her mother with the word "mother" over and over, as if deliberately or as if playing a game. and while the child ignores all kinds of suggestive reproaches. The little hand loses himself and slaps this girl, grabs her arm, pulls her into the room, and explains again that she didn't say, "You won't call me mother in front of these children," as she warned many times. The girl, who is also a child, is upset, but realizing the seriousness of the situation, she hugs her mother and promises her mother that she will not play this game again.

Little Elti Decides to Become the Mother of All Children:

With the sadness of hitting a child for the first time in her life, the mother hugs, kisses and smells her daughter. “Baby, hitting that slap on you hurts my heart too,” she says and. He takes his daughter's hand, comes to the courtyard, gathers all the children around him. While putting the little ones on her knees, she creates a ball of love by hugging both her own children and the orphans. And feeling that his admonitions won't do much. This time for all the children. “Look, my children. I am the mother of all of you, you will all call me mother. From now on you are all brothers. “

While telling this event, a woman in her 40s, who was one of the orphaned children at that time, was telling.

While wiping her tears by saying "I understood and saw mercy only in this way" made me very emotional, I also felt that I was wiping my tears. I was muttering to myself that this must be "Mercy".