Pat B

I grew up having the mom all my friends envied. Growing up we did not have alot, my mom worked two jobs and my dad worked full time but you would have never known it. My mom made sure she sacrificed so we could have everything we ever wanted or needed. Some of my fondest memories growing up are with my mom, she was there every field trip and every play, concert or sports game cheering us on. There were four of us kids and we were not easy to deal with but she did it with a smile on her face. I never knew how tight money was until I got older, my mom made sure we never knew anything was wrong. When I got into high school when most girls hated there mothers my mother and I only had a few fights, most of the time we were going to the mall or just watching movies talking all night. A few years back I had a really bad experience and my mother reminded me how much she loved me, and she did not even have to say anything. I talk to my mom probably 4 times a day and could not imagine it any other way. She is the first one I think to call when something goes right and the first one to call when something goes wrong. Now that I am a mother I only hope that I can be half of what my mother was and I will be happy. If 22 years down the road my son thinks half as highly of me as I do my mother than I have fulfilled my job as a mother. She is my role model and best friend. My bother is a paraeducator with the school district and shows so much love and compassion for her students, if they are hungry she helps get them food if they have problems she talks to them and helps them get through it. She has inspired me by being my mother and by her work with her students. She has had so many students come back and tell her how much she touched there lives and I dont think she realizes how much even more she has touched mine. My mother always tries her hardest for her kids, even now as all four of us are grown with families of our own to her we are still her little ones who she will stand by no matter what. And that is what makes my mom the favorite mom. She has not only been mine, but to her students and to my friends.