Mother - Barbara W. Every Thanksgiving, my family and I sit around the table and say what we are thankfulfor. Good health is something my mother always mentions. She usually says,"You could have all the money in the world, but without your health you havenothing ... Continue...
Mother - Jennifer P. My mother was truly a remarkable woman. She was beautiful, intelligent, funny,loving and creative. Everyone loved her. Everyone wanted to be aroundher.
My mother was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor when I was fouryears old ... Continue...
Mother - Joan B. My mother is my hero. She stands by me every day helping and supporting me. Not onlyme, but everyone she meets. My mom not only comes to every one of my activities,plus all my brother's activities, but also she makes time for kids at church ... Continue...
Mother - Karen D. My mom has gone through a lot in the past few years, but nothing has stopped herfrom doing what she wanted to do. She sets a goal and doesn't stop until shereaches it, and I admire that about her ... Continue...
Mother - Lisa C. The day my father died, my mother became my hero. I didn't know it then, but we wouldhave some long, hard years ahead of us. My father left my mother with aneight-year-old daughter and a younger son, Michael ... Continue...
I cannot even begin to explain how much you mean to me. You havealways been there, supporting me in whatever I do. In my eyes, you are thegreatest mother. Sometimes, I do not realize what you have to do and take careof ... Continue...
Mother - Mary T. My hero is a woman with a twelfth-grade education. That woman is my mother. She hastaught me a lot about life and the world.
My mom may not be much of aCarol Brady or a June Clever; she's a woman who can say she has sometimes chosenthe wrong path ... Continue...
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