MKO had occupied our time and life completely. We had forgotten many affairs of our personal life. One of them was neglecting our kids’ rights. Neither my wife nor I noticed the natural rights of our kids. I was drowned in organization’s affair, trainings, rendezvous, and copying the statements & pamphlets; and Fatima was busy with trainings inside groups and studying different books. We could not be good parents for Maryam and Zahra and fulfill them with necessary love of a mother and father.
For taking care of Maryam and Zahra we had a program. One of them had to be kept at my mother-in-law’s house and the other with ourselves. We would change their place with each other periodically. Whenever they were sick we would keep them there to be cured and healthy.
As I told before my twins also would serve MKO activities despite beings only small kids. The students would take Maryam or Zahra in their arms as a sign of being married when they wanted to find a house to rent.
One day my wife and I were at home sitting in a room. I was reading newspaper and Fatima a book. My one-year-old daughter, Maryam, was creeping this side and that side. She even came to us several times but we did not care and continued our job. After some minutes she went to a corner. I was looking at her over the newspaper’s margin. I saw that she was going to do something. She kneeled and looked at her left and right; then, little by little stood on her feet. I could hardly breathe. It was like a miracle because none of us had done any exercise with her; kids mostly begin walking with the help of parents. This small innocent kid could stand on her feet just by using her own ability and intelligence. I threw the paper somewhere and ran toward her. I hugged her and cried. Her mother also joined us. We took her hands and helped her toddling.
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