I believe my mom, Rebecca deserves to be the winner of the Total Mom Rejuvenation contest! 

I believe she should be the winner because she works so hard managing her part-time job all on top of being a hard working mom.  My dad is almost never around.  He works a full-time job and travels a lot!  My mom works all day and all night.  I want her to win this because I want to show her how much I care about her.  She has been through so much in her life and given so much for us kids and I want to show her how much I thank her for everything she has done for me and my family.  She has showed and helped me through dealing with life in my kid/teenager years and I just can’t thank her enough.  I love my mom so much and if anything happened to her I would be devastated.  This is finally my opportunity to give back to her.  She deserves everything.  She made me who I am today and I owe not only my success in life to her but also all my love.  Thank you for your time in reading my reasons why my mom should win the Total Mom Rejuvenation contest and I hope you will pick my loving, deserving, and all around wonderful mom for your winner!

Submitted by: Jesseca

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Well umm,  I have read the 15 or so other entries about all these mothers that have had to go through difficult experiences to get to where they are now. They really are incredible feats, but my story of my mom is nothing like all of the other stories. Hers is just a story of “her”.

 The only bad thing I can think of that she has gone through is giving up her nursing job when she gave birth to two of her three sons (my little brother and I). But she doesn’t really deal with too many horrible events nowadays. My dad has a good job and travels a lot but I’m just thankful that my mother is here and can be at home with us.

Most of her stress probably comes from dealing with my adopted sister who is mentally ill.  It would be hard without my mom here because my little brother does Tae Kwon Do and Track. On top of that, she has to make time to get me to where I have to be. And that is not easy because I am in the orchestra, I am in baseball season right now, and currently do football workouts every other morning of the week.

Unfortunately I’m not old enough to drive yet so I want this to be my way of saying thanks for being able to pick me up literally every single day after school and every other morning before school (including afterschool activities, events, and practices I do daily). So sorry if this isn’t like one of the amazing stories that have already been posted.

In my mind, my mom is a real hero to me and the rest of our family. And I just wanted to say thanks for everything. 

I would like to nominate my wife for the total rejuvenation day.  She is the most wonderful mother of two young girls.  The past few years have been extremely taxing for her.  She was the victim of a violent sexual assault and has spent the last 2 1/2 years trying to recover and at the same time be the wife and mother that she was and can be.  During the past two years she has had to relive the horror of that night by going through a very difficult trial and sentencing hearing, in which she stood up to her aggressor and told the jury exactly the horrific things that were done to her.  All the time never wavering on being a strong woman role model for her two daughters and an unbelievable wife at the same time.  I lost my job shortly after the assault, so not only did she have to recover herself, but she also had to support her family financially by herself.  She too now has lost her job.  Throughout this trying time in her life, she has shone through as the toughest, most wonderful wife and mother a woman could be.  She could really use a total rejuvenation day to help ease some of the stress that has been put on her over the last couple of years.  Thank you. 

Submitted by: Corey

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I have always struggled putting into words how I feel about my mom. 
Sometimes I believe words are not enough to describe a feeling, to take
what I feel in my heart and try to put it into sentences seems like a
hopeless attempt.  But, my mom deserves it and I truly want this for her
and there is nothing in the world that I wouldn’t at least try to do for
her, as she has done so much for me. 
I can describe my mom in three words: Angel on Earth.  My mom is a
survivor, an inspiration, and my guiding light and foundation in life.  In
the past few years my mom has lost her mother and her father both of whom
she was extremely close to.  I watched her struggle through those losses
with grace and determination.  She took her mother’s love of giving to
others and her father’s ingenuity and drive in the business world to start
her own company in memory of them.  She called her company MOMents, (in
honor of her mom) and took photographs of flowers and beautiful nature
scenes that she then used on a variety of things like greeting cards and
tiles.  She wanted to turn her sadness into something positive, so she
captured the beauty of life – she froze those little “mom”ents in time and
wanted to share them with the world.  I was so inspired by her passion, her
perseverance, and dedication to her work and was awed at her resilience. 

But, that was just the beginning of the ways that my mom has overwhelmed me
with just how truly strong she is.  Not too long after her father passed
away, my mother had another huge loss in her life.  She and my father got a
divorce.  They had been married for 33 years.  At the same time, I was
diagnosed with lupus, which I know was very difficult for my mom to deal
with.  She is ALWAYS worried about others, never taking time to focus on
herself.  I was away at college though, but I desperately ached to be at
home with my mom.  My mom has always been and always will be my source of
comfort, peace, joy, and love.  When I am not with her, I am not whole. 
And for the first time in her life, she was going to be alone.  Alone at 57
years old, embarking into a world of unknowns.  I was scared for her, and I
know she was scared for herself, but she never let it show.  She lived in
hotel rooms, friends’ houses while they were out of town, and eventually
she got herself an apartment.  She lost the house, our pets, her husband,
her business, and her life.  Yet, she powered through.  She enrolled in
real estate classes and became a licensed realtor and began working for a
real estate company.  She would do and has done everything she ever could
to provide for me and my sister.  She has footed
every bill, paid for my education, and dedicates her life to making sure
that mine is good.  She has been by my side and in my heart through every
step of my life.  I think she feels as though she were put on this Earth to
make others happy.  And if that is true, she is an overachiever. 

My mom never does anything for herself.  She feels guilty if she buys nail
polish, goes out to eat, or even if she feels tired.  She is now 59 years
old and extraordinarily beautiful and fit, yet she does not see it, and
definitely does not flaunt it.  I know her self-esteem has taken a hit, and
she has struggled (as would anyone) with being newly single after so long. 
She is in her shell, stuck in her little comfort zone, and it is time for
her to come out.  Her life is not over, it is just beginning.  The
apartment was supposed to be a temporary home, but she has now been living
there going on three years. This is not the life my mom deserves and I will
do anything to bring her the happiness that she has brought so many.  My
mom is a blessing in my life and there is not a second of any day that goes
by that I am not thankful to have her.  I can only hope to someday be an
ounce of the mother to my children that my mom has been to me.  My mom used
to bring me breakfast in bed and drive me to school EVERY day.  Not because
I was a spoiled brat (even though I’m sure I was) but because she said, “it
gave her that much more time with me”.  My mom needs to know that her
kindness, generosity, and love have not gone unnoticed, and whether it be
in this life or the next, she will be rewarded.  I only hope to be able to
contribute to that.  If this is something that can help, something that
will make her feel good about herself, something that is all about HER and
making HER happy– then I hope that I can make that happen.

Angels deserve to be pampered too   Submitted by: Brianne

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Hi, My name is Claudia and I’ll give you reasons why my mom should win a trip to the spa.

To start things off, she is a hardworker. She works in HR. Every day she tells me how many files she did and how busy she was but most importantly, how she got it all done. She has worked there for 9 months but you would think she was working there for 5 yeasrs. She’s fantastic at it!

Second of all, she helps me and my brother with homework. I’m in fifth grade and my brother is in seventh grade so it gets pretty hard sometimes. It didn’t matter how much homework we would have, but even if we got frustrated she would always help us through it even if she didn’t feel good or was tired, she always had the time. Lastly, she is caring. When I’m sad or need cheering up, I’ll go to her or If I need advice. She always understands my problems. When I got diagnosed wth type 1 diabetes my mom was by the side the whole time and she still is.  Submitted by: Claudia

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