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05-10-09, 06:40 PM
My mother was born in 1929 and just celebrated her 80th birthday.
For a woman that never finished high school she did very well for herself although during my childhood there was a lot of struggling as my father left / abandoned us and for a time it was very hard for my mom to make ends meet... although I never knew this as a child.
I never wanted for anything and did not care that my clothes were hand me downs or that by bike wasn't new, and did not even realize we lived on the wrong side of the tracks.
She worked very hard to keep us fed and clothed and in later years she went back to school so that she could work as a nursing aide and even after retiring she continued to volunteer at the hospital and now volunteers at a drop in centre for adults with mental health issues.
These people love her because she listens... and she cares so deeply for them.
She says she gets a little tired now and has been experiencing some age related health issues and it is that time in a child's life when they really start to worry that this might be their last mother's day. Although I could not go down and see her today I think a little 80 km bike ride is in order for later in the week.
She also needs to get an answering machine.
She is always surprised that I will ride that far and if someone could babysit my dogs... I'm good to go.
She has often told me that she wished that she could have given us so much more but she forgets that she taught us that love cannot be measured with material things and that we should be happy with what we have.
I love my mom and she has no idea how amazing and inspiring she has been.
When I have experienced hard times I remember what she told me about how things were when I was a wee lad (harder than anything I have known) and I remember that we really don't need as much as we think we do and that love is the most important thing there is.
So... tell me about your mom and why she is so awesome.
For a woman that never finished high school she did very well for herself although during my childhood there was a lot of struggling as my father left / abandoned us and for a time it was very hard for my mom to make ends meet... although I never knew this as a child.
I never wanted for anything and did not care that my clothes were hand me downs or that by bike wasn't new, and did not even realize we lived on the wrong side of the tracks.
She worked very hard to keep us fed and clothed and in later years she went back to school so that she could work as a nursing aide and even after retiring she continued to volunteer at the hospital and now volunteers at a drop in centre for adults with mental health issues.
These people love her because she listens... and she cares so deeply for them.
She says she gets a little tired now and has been experiencing some age related health issues and it is that time in a child's life when they really start to worry that this might be their last mother's day. Although I could not go down and see her today I think a little 80 km bike ride is in order for later in the week.
She also needs to get an answering machine.
She is always surprised that I will ride that far and if someone could babysit my dogs... I'm good to go.
She has often told me that she wished that she could have given us so much more but she forgets that she taught us that love cannot be measured with material things and that we should be happy with what we have.
I love my mom and she has no idea how amazing and inspiring she has been.
When I have experienced hard times I remember what she told me about how things were when I was a wee lad (harder than anything I have known) and I remember that we really don't need as much as we think we do and that love is the most important thing there is.
So... tell me about your mom and why she is so awesome.