Unknown sacrifices are admirable. On this July, we made our visits to heroic mothers in Tan My and Thuong Tan – the two communes in Tan Uyen District. Heroic mother Le Thi Dieu was so glad to talk with all the visitors Accompanying Youth’s League members of Fire Fighting Police Department, Tan Uyen District Clinic Center, and Thuong Tan Commune to the home of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Dep, 97, the lyric of a famous song kept resounding in my head. “Ba lan tien con di, hai lan khoc tham lang le” (Three times she said goodbye to her children, two times she cried in silence) retold the pains and pride of heroic mother. For Mrs. Nguyen Thi Dep, entitled heroic mother, she had bid farewell to 3 children and her husband who died in battles. Her husband - Tram Van Luu, was killed in 1961, her child – Tram Van Met, killed in 1966, Tram Van Thuong, killed in 1969, and Tram Thi Cuong, killed in 1974. Wartime took away her closest. Now, she is living with Mrs. Tram Thi Bay – the only child of the family stayed alive through wartime. The title of 50-year-old Party member is now her only precious among those images of her husband and children who sacrificed themselves for nation independence. “It is a bliss to have a child that taking care of me. She loves me with all the love of her siblings,” Dep said with a verge of tears in her old age eyes. “My mother, she usually told me and her grandchildren the old stories when people sacrificed to the nation,” said Mrs. Tram Thi Bay. Meanwhile, Mrs. Le Thi Dieu, 88, residing at Vuon Vu of Tan My has been alone since her husband’s death in French colony resistance war and her only son – Pham Van Se, killed in 1966 of US Army resistance war. The pains were tremendous to her. “In wartimes, you should not show your sorrow because it was so dangerous to your life. They may kill you any time. In peace time, I am lucky to have the nephew taking care of me. She and her husband, they are just so kind to me,” Mrs. Dieu said. “Everyday we buy food and she cooks,” said wife to Mr. Le Van Ut – the kind nephew Mrs. Dieu talked about. Now, Mrs. Le Thi Dieu has two homes – one built by charity work, the other by the kind-hearted nephew. In those days, Mrs. Dieu and Mrs. Dep are overjoy for visits made by local authority and people who admire their sacrifice for the nation. The gratitude is nothing to share up the pains they had been suffering; however, the words of the elders moved us all. Reported by Quynh Nhu – Translated by Vi Bao