Boy Is Ashamed of Mom’s Rough Hands until He Sees Her Work as Builder to Feed Him and 2 Sisters – Story of the Day

“Your hands are so rough and ugly! I don’t want my classmates to see them and laugh at me!” a boy told his mother. Little did he know that he would regret saying these words to his mother a few days later.

What will I do now? Catherine wondered after her husband left her. The mother of three met her husband when she was in college and left her studies because she was pregnant with their first child. Soon, she married her husband and had two more children, unaware of how her life would soon take a turn for the worse.

Ten years later, her husband left her. Catherine had stayed at home all her life to look after her children, but now, she had to step out and earn money to make ends meet. With zero work experience and no professional degree, her chances of getting hired for a well-paying position were next to zero.

One day, after dropping her children at school, Catherine found a store that was hiring for a worker with no experience requirements. She went inside, and the management hired her on the spot after learning about her circumstances.

The single mother was happy and worked at the store for a few months until she realized her children were getting older and she needed more money to make ends meet.

Should I ask for a raise? she thought. Catherine was sure she wouldn’t get a raise, but even if she did, it wouldn’t be enough to meet her family’s increasing needs.

The following day, Catherine was walking home after her shift at the store when she spotted a construction site. I think I can work here, she thought and approached the manager.

“Hi, are you hiring?” she asked.

“Yes, we are,” the manager looked at Catherine from head to toe. “Are you sure you can work here? This job requires a lot of hard work.”

Catherine loved working with her father in his workshop as a child. They often did projects in the backyard, so she knew how hard it was to work with bare hands.

“I’m ready for it,” she told the manager and signed a contract to work a 12-hour shift. The money she would make working here was more than her current salary, so she left her job at the store and worked full-time at the construction site.

However, Catherine kept her new job a secret from her children. She thought they would feel embarrassed after learning their mother worked at a construction site. Even Catherine felt ashamed of working there but had no other option. She wanted money to fulfill her children’s needs.

Every morning, Catherine would wake up and make...