People Who Have Made A Big Impact: Part 6 of 6: My Mother

Some men who are successful have their mother as a huge influence some have their dads some have both. While my Dad and I have an icy relationship that even at its best is complicated, my Mom and I have been working together since day one in making sure that I create the best life that I can while having integrity and never compromising. The best moments I had recently was the car time talking about current events in our lives and talking about challenges and triumphs and ideas for improvement in our lives and in how we conduct ourselves. She told the truth the whole time and we were so composed on the trip to Yellowstone and when I pay my phone camera developing and see a movie the week of the 9th I will have used all of my graduation celebration items which was encouraged to be extended by my mother. My Mom has spent thousands of hours supporting me in everything from plays to sports to advocacy to seeing movies together to playing cards to taking walks to transportation to trike rides to vacations and anything else you can think of. She takes special trips to drop me off food when I am low on money and takes special trips to sign sheets to be corrected and continue to create a loving atmosphere where she is so giving that she volunteers for several church things throughout the past few years while being on staff as an organist and creating an arena of positive change for not only her children and the church community but also the arts community and everyone else who is someone that she supports greatly. While my Mom is a bit apprehensive towards things that she doesn't understand sometimes that are outside of the norm she has embraced her children's quirks and oddities- my ever changing hair color and different identities than the status quo, my sister and her adventurous ways that have brought her pain but which she is reluctant to change, my other sister and her love for books that is almost on par with mine and all of our ability to be involved with sports for a lot of our adult life and not be musically inclined even though she would probably prefer for us to be musically inclined more than I am with my voice and my sisters different forays into attempts to play instruments. She is kind, genuine, thoughtful, has a great sense of humor, is caring, and one of the wisest people I have ever met. I am so grateful to have been raised by such a wonderful parent and when I told a customer the other day that I was a terrible liar and that my Mom doesn't lie they said she must have raised you right. Debatable since I have a lot of other quirks but yeah you become the people you spend the most time with. I haven't seen my Dad in a few months and even he has conceded that I would have bad habits spending time with him and that he hasn't always been a good parent. My Mom never sees our relationship as strained and except for some brief bouts when I have outbursts has always trusted me and has unconditional love for her children. My Mom is love and genuine kindness and I am appreciative to have been raised by such a wonderful light of a woman and human being. Thanks for being you mother have a great week.