My mother deserves to win because she is the greatest mom a person could ask for. My mother is 62 years old and has always been there for me.
She has been through so much in her life, she has struggled to take care of her 3 daughters and her 2 grandchildren but she has always found a wayto manage. My mother and father divorced right after I graduated from high school, she left everything she owned besides her truck, lived in a women’s abuse shelter and worked like crazy to give herself and me a better life.
As a child she worked two jobs to take care of us, she drove me to my friends, to the skating rink, to the pool. I became pregnant at age 17,so that was one more mouth she was trying to figure out how she was going to take care of, and in an abusive situation myself. She never scolded me about the wrongs in my life, she tried to talk me through them and realized I had to learn for myself. She was there to support me through it all and I finally managed to break free. She always gave me encouraging words, and cards, and the pick-me-ups a teenager needed from a mother.
I had a high risk pregnancy because I was so sick and my body was trying to abort the pregnancy, I gave birth to a micro-preemie that is now 15. My mother was in the delivery room with me when I gave birth and has helped me raise my daughter to become the teenager that she is today. My mom has had to work multiple jobs to get by and now works overnight at a bakery. She has never really had the chance to enjoy herself or relax and feel good about who she is. She has always put others before her, she has taken care of others needs first. She makes sure she attends all functions for her grandchildren, even if she is worn out. She has never been able to go out and buy nice clothes, get a massage, get a makeover or anything for herself because she is always taking care of others.
She deserves this chance. She deserves an opportunity to feel good about herself, a chance to relax and time for herself. My mother is my best friend, but being her daughter she doesn’t get how beautiful a person she is outside as she is inside. I tell her but once again, I am her daughter and she thinks it is all said out of love. She does not feel attractive anymore because her hair is thinning, her weight, her age, we are big boned in our family so we don’t have that small and petite look, and people often call her sir, yes, people call her sir, and it hurts her.
I want my mom to have a chance to know how wonderful, how beautiful, and how caring she is and that she is loved. I am asking for your help to give her this, she is the greatest friend, a great person and most of all the best Mom. She has taught me how to love others, love myself and at a young, teenage age, how to become a mom when times were scary and tough. I love you Mom!!! thank you for your time.
Submitted by: Melissa
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