February 1, 2012

• My Amazing Mother

  *Since I dedicated a post to my sister, I figured it was my moms turn! *

  My mom is the most amazing mom, ever! haha. We haven't always been super close and we still deal with communication issues but, over all, she's a fighter and she's the biggest inspiration to me. She's been through SOOO MUCH CRAP and she's kept a smile on her face, a positive attitude in her life the entire time.

  Most of my life, she was a 5th grade teacher. She loved to teach and she taught for over 30 years at the Christian School I attended. My sister and I were the "teachers kids", but that was okay.  I liked having a teacher for a mom. And I liked having somewhere to go If I needed too. 

  She met my dad at church, *yes you heard that right, lol*. They were both active in the church, at the time. They got married and had my sister and I. That's when life was a little more funny. Suddenly, she had a husband who was abusive and an alcoholic. He was never physically abusive to any of us (except my gramma, whom he put his hands around her neck and lifted her up). Anyway, She dealt with the threats on all our lives, was scared out of her mind and didn't know what to do. Through it all, she tried her BEST to deal with everything she had too. she had no help from him whatsoever. I couldn't imagine living life like that. But I know she handled it out of fear.

  That all changed once he was sent off to jail. Then she had to just continue on. That was a hard time for her. Everything being so public and trying to just... carry on. Being a mother, myself, now, I can't imagine. I really can't.

  She had to get more hours at work, just to make ends meet. See the house we're in right now, we couldn't really afford. My dad wanted to be the "man of the house" (it was my gramma's house and, since she owned it, he didn't feel like he was the man of the house *rolls eyes*), so she agreed to buy the house. though he didn't contribute MUCH, it was still hard for her to do on her own, but she managed. And she always tried to remain positive and act like nothing was bothering her.

  She's always been an amazing Christian example. We were kept in church, kept in the Christian school, etc. Her faith carried her through and I think everyone could see that. It took me a while, because I was a really... rebellious teenager. (I'll leave it at that, lol. I was horrible to her about a lot of things that I look back on and feel really bad about).

  She's just always been there for us. She's always supported us, despite making bad choices and being horrible to her, at times.

  I definitely learned to appreciate all she did for us. And I love her for doing everything she could do to protect us and support us!

  She lost her teaching job back in 2008. The school closed. She's had quite a time trying to get jobs to keep up with all her responsibilities. She's currently working two jobs, still active in the church and she's even dating again.

  I really hope her and this man do get married one day.

  All I know is, she DESERVES every little bit of happiness she can get. She loves him and I hope it works out for her. I would love that for her. She's amazing and she deserves it! She's got a fighting spirit that I absolutely love and admire. I can only hope to be half the woman she is. She's amazing in every way.

   

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