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Yo Mama! What's so great about her? (In honor of all the moms out there...)

Kathryn

It was on fire when I laid down on it.
What's so great about your mom?

My mother is my hero. She was born into a desperately poor family, and lost her father when she was very small (he drowned in an accident). She grew up on the "wrong side of the tracks" (literally). In spite of her hard childhood, she determined to better her life, and off she went to college, where she met my father.

They built a good life and a happy family together, and have been married for 52 years. Life hasn't always been easy, but they've stuck together and are inseparable.

A few years ago, my mother the artist and avid reader had a severe stroke. It affected her optic nerve and she can no longer paint, and reading is very difficult. It also created a constant feeling of dizziness, which has limited her activities, though her mind and personality were not adversely affected.

She cannot see faces and watching TV is also difficult. She has 10 great grandchildren whose faces she has never seen.

Not once have I heard her complain. She will be the first to tell you that she is so happy to be alive and otherwise healthy, that she simply can't dwell on what she's lost.

In spite of her disabilities, she continues to push herself - she gets up, gets dressed, cleans her house, works in the yard, etc. Sometimes her shirt is on inside out, and her cooking is definitely hit or miss, and sometimes she falls when she's gardening, and she misses a lot when she's cleaning the house, but believe me - none of us are complaining.

We all know how blessed we are to have her in our lives.

Thank you, Mom, for your example of strength and a positive attitude!

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My mother and me in 1964.

Please post a picture of your mom as well and share something special about her!
 

Kilgore Trout

Misanthropic Humanist
Well, she gave birth to me. That's something.

And she stayed with an abusive ******* for decades out of love. Maybe that's something.
 

Kathryn

It was on fire when I laid down on it.
As an aside, Kathryn, you look a bit like your mother

Well, I'll take that as a compliment. We've always been told that we look a lot alike. I mean, like eerily alike. My brother looks nearly exactly like my dad, too. Weird how that worked out!
 

*Anne*

Bliss Ninny
Yay for Moms! :foryou:

My Mom taught by example, and I try every day to emulate the kindness she shows day in and day out to people. She really walks the walk.

Oh, and she's an awesome Grandma!

Kathryn, I'm sorry to hear of your Mom's health problems. :( I wish her the best and am very glad she has such a loving family.

She's a pretty woman!!
 

Rakhel

Well-Known Member
My mother, who died a few years ago of renal failure, taught me how to sniff out a conspiracy, how to avoid a tail, and how to read body language.(She was a member of AIM) She also taught me me understanding, how not to judge people, and how to see beyond the mental problems most people have. (She had MPD)
I guess you could say my mother was a well rounded person.
 

ninerbuff

godless wonder
There's so much to say about my mom, but I'll try to condense it. My mom is one of 10 children born in the Philippines in a very poor town. I ain't lying when I tell you that she had to walk 4 miles one way to go to school, and that started in elementary. She graduated high school and later took up nursing. When she arrived in the US, she continued her studies and later joined up in the Air Force as a flight nurse. Still furthering her studies, she became one of the very FIRST OBGYN nurse practioners in the US. She sacrificed time with the family by doing a stint in Jordan in the middle east instructing nurses there. My mom didn't retire from nursing instruction until just a few years ago at age 80.
All of our family knows that she is unselfish, and probably the most caring of all the family. She will travel and go to great lengths to assist anyone close to her in need at the expense of her own time and goals. But because of it she has gained many friends and gratitude.
Tomorrow we will visit with her and have another Mother's day together and she's turned 85.
 

Kathryn

It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Great stories so far.

I'm about to get off this computer and drive two hours to spend the day with my mom. Tomorrow we will spend the day with my husband's mom. I just got flowers from my kids! I will be having dinner with my youngest son later this week, and he will probably give me yet another gift that says "Mother" on it - my house is full of his little "Mother" gifts - which I absolutely love in spite of their uselessness.

Odd thing - my other children call me "Momma" but he's the only one who calls me Mother. I think that's adorable - and he probably knows that!
 

MysticSang'ha

Big Squishy Hugger
Premium Member
My mother is THE most generous, patient, and empathetic person I have ever known. I love her and feel like the luckiest woman alive calling her my mother. I have known many people who have had troublesome relationships with their mothers, which is why I feel so lucky having such a close bond with mine.

Yay for moms! :bounce
 

Draka

Wonder Woman
My mother has always been open and accepting of all people and taught me to be the same. No prejudices or judgments. She has a good sense of humor (have to with the family she was raised in :p ) and is still quite young at heart. She's gone out of her way to help me whenever I've needed her. Oh, and she knows how to put up with and handle my father's grumpy complaining about everything under the sun. :p
 
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