Punishment for a sacrifice

Have you ever felt that you sacrifice something and you get punished for that? I have felt that. I had given up the think that I loved the most at that time and in return I was told that I did not do it. I was told that I did not give up anything. I was told that I was lying or exaggerating the events by saying so. How ruthless can one be two completely denounce the sacrifice of one person? It does not matter whether that sacrifice was a big one or a small one. A sacrifice is always a sacrifice and no one should ever deny that sacrifice.

Let me tell you the story of what happened. I was in school. I was probably in grade 5 or 6. I used to come home from school around 6:30 in the evening. After coming home from the school I used to drink milk while watching my favourite cartoon show. It was from 6:30 to 7. Just 30 minutes of refreshment after the school and at 7 o'clock I used to start working on my school homework. I was really good at studies. My homework and assignment were always completed on time. I was a studio girl as well. There was no wear a chance for complaint.

My mother and my grandmother used to hate that I used to watch the cartoon show. I would not watch anything on the TV. The only show that I would watch on TV was that 30 minute of cartoon. Whenever I used to watch it they would come around and say cruel things. They would say that I am an addict. I pain no attention to my studies. I care about nothing but the cartoon show. They would always disturb me while I was enjoying the 30 minutes of the show. They would deliberately clean the TV screen while I was watching. This never used to happen when anybody else used to watch the TV. It would only happen with me. I used to get upset because of what they used to do they would love at me and they would say that I would lead noise if I continue to do this way. Mind you I was just 11 years old back then. And my only crying was watching my favourite show for 30 minutes.

One day I was really angry at both of them. I said that you hate it so much that I watch my favourite TV show I will not watch it for an entire month. At least that is something that will make you happy. I was really upset at that time. I did what I said. I did not watch my favourite cartoon show for the entire month. I think even longer than that. I remember that because I had actually mark that on the calendar the date on which I stop to watching the cartoon show. I fullfilled my promise. One day after returning from my school I will turn the television and started watching the show. My grandmother and my mother started doing the same thing that made me upset. I said that are you not happy that I gave up the cartoon show for more than a month. The look at me and said you never did that. I said I definitely did that. After that they said something that broke my heart. Decide stop line you were watching the cartoon just yesterday. This time I was really in tears. They only wanted to believe what day thought was true. They did not care about what exactly was true. I brought the calendar and I should them all the markings those were there on the calendar. I told them that on this day I stop to watching the show till this day not even a single day during this time I have watched my favourite show. They still did not believe me and said that I am a liar. I was really hurt and angry at this time. I said that you would never be believe me because you do not want to believe me. You do not want me to be happy with my simple joy. You enjoyed troubling me. Even right now sing me cry is making you happy. And yes they never accepted that I sacrificed my favourite show for an entire month only to make them happy.

Sometimes parents do such things in the name of "for your better of future". But in this process what they do they do not even realise. They rob their children of simple pleasures. Buy not believing them they teach the children that whether they speak the truth the world with not believe them. They hot their children by denying simple acts.

Even today when I am writing about this I am still crying. The pain still remains today. Not because I made a small sacrifice, but because that sacrifice what not given a value or respect.