I cannot say enough about my Mom and how much I miss her. She passed away this past November and I miss her dearly. She was very honest and I knew I could get her opinion on almost anything. She was there for me many times. I wish I could just pick up the phone and hear her voice one more time.
For this blog candy, I would like you to tell why your mom is the greatest, whether she is still with you or not. I will pick one winner on Monday for a 10 count grab bag.
I have typed and retyped this several times because it is very hard to put into words why my Mom is the greatest especially without going into to much detail. But I have a lot of respect for her because she has had a lot to deal with... from my father treating her badly,illness and poverty but she has always been there for me when i need her even though she has it hard herself.She has always done everything possible to make myself and my brothers happy and always points out the positive when I am feeling down.She would go without anything to make sure we all had food and a roof over our head.And nowadays that things are better we are best friends and go away on little weekends away to go shopping for crafting goodies and we always have a great time even if we end up just staying in our hotel room watching tv and having girly chats.I love my Mom because she is a brave,kind,caring and strong independant woman :) (and my best friend)
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Sorry to hear about your mum, its been nearly 12 years since my mum passed away. She never got to meet my husband or her 3 grand children - she would have made the best granny and would have spoilt them to the moon and back. I still miss talking to her and just having that comfort being around her.
ReplyDeleteI'm very very fortunate, I still have my Mom. She's my best friend and an amazing woman. She's had some medical setbacks in recent years, but she just springs back and keeps going forward. The hardest thing for both of us has been when she was diagnosed with Macular degeneration. She was my crafting buddy. Over the years we've done just about everything. But her eyesight has gotten to the point where she can't craft anymore. That's really hard for both of us. Over the years she's been my biggest supporter and best critic, now she really can't see well enough to make out details. Yet she doesn't let it get her down, she's figured out ways cope. Did I mention what an amazing woman she is? She's my Mom and my best friend!
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I am the luckiest girl on earth to still have my mom. She is wonderful, kind hearted and would not ever hurt anyone. She puts herself last and her family first. Every day she has my kids after school and did I mention she is 75 years old.
ReplyDeleteWow, I can relate to Fiona and Colleen, My mom has been gone for about 11 years now(due to an unexpected death). She was a good and caring mom, always there for me and always worrying about me, even if I was doing good. I can remember she would send me care packages and I would fine a baggy with dimes, nickels and pennies for me, never understood why, but I loved her for it!!! My mom had a hard life too, She was from Germany (poor side of town) and was 9 years old when War War II ended she would tell me stories about what they went through when she was young, I could recall some of the thing that my father would put her through. My mom had 4 children and was dropped off in the USA, (my dad had to go to Korea) and left her here in a place she never have been before. I had and still have the up most respect and love for my mom!! The hurt of losing her never goes away, it just lessens with time !!!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your mum. I don't know how I will cope in the same situation - my mum is my best friend, the one person I can talk to about anything with no fear that she will think less of me for whatever I say or do. She has been there for me everyday of my life, both good days and bad and no matter what happens in my life I know she loves me - the feeling is mutual. This may not make her different to many other wonderful mothers, but it sure means the world to me, she is one of the most special people I have ever met.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about your mom!! I so feel with you and am sure that lots of ladies does too, my mom left 10 years ago and still today , even more as time passes, i miss her so. She was my confidant, best friend, pal and my mom!! There was nothing that could make me feel so loved by just hearing her voice! She always had the best advice for me and i loved to share everything going on in my life with her. As i am sitting here, it feels like she is reading this and smiling saying, 'love you too'. She was one super special women to me and will always occupy that part of my hart, i was so lucky to have her in my life. Miss you lots MOM!!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about your mom!!
ReplyDeleteOf course, my mom is the best because she gave me a life, and she worried about me when I was a liitle girl. I know she wanted to give me the best but we were not the rich ones and I understood as well I was the elde child of 3 and I could not get all the best then... But that was not a matter. My mother is alive up to now and this makes me feeling I am still a child when I am near by her... Although I have 2 grown up daughters myself already...
Any mothers are the same for any children))
Ciao...penso che la mamma sia il dono più grande che la vita ci da...nostra madre ci dona la gioia di vivere, il sorriso al mattino e anche nei giorni più difficili c'è...è sempre al nostro fianco...io la mia mamma ce l'ho ancora...l'amo da impazzire...anna
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your mum((9
ReplyDeleteI knew never my mother because she went away when I was born... So I understand as well what you feel if you lost your mother.
I don't know if I have a chance to take part in this candy if my story is so short even..
hugs. Hlora. xx
So very sorry for the loss of your Mom.
ReplyDeleteI'm truly blessed cos mine is still with me. She is my rock. If I need a shoulder to cry on, a secret to share or simply a kick up the bum then my Mum is the one to do it. Oh and she's also a mean cook and babysitter. xx
My mom is 80 yeras old and has 6 children. When we were growing up she made sure we visited all our cousins often and made sure we knew our family tree. She played games like "hop scotch" and "red light , green light" with us. Now that we are all grown, no matter what we ever do, she will not say a bad word about us, and always tries to see the best in all of us. She lives with my Dad who has dimetia in a small house. My sister and both of her sons has moved in with them and I know it is not easy. But Mom keeps on trying. I love her very much
ReplyDeletewhen i was growing up my mum was to busy trying to deal with the demands of her life to care for me the way a mother should. now that iam a 46 yr old woman i understand and respect my mother for the the way she brought me up. as children, we do not understand what it takes to keep our families together or safe. from my mum i learnt both. and now have handed this on to my children. my mother may not have been the best mother or the most loving. but she has given me all i could ever ask for in helping me teach my children how to love how to hold and to tell the people that are your family you love them.
ReplyDeleteiam very close to my mum now and we have a relation ship that i hope will last ten lifetimes. she may not have been or now is perfect but she is my mum and for that i love her.
So sorry fo the loss of you Mum!!
ReplyDeleteMine is still with me there was a time I nearly lost her so everyday I thank God that she is still here!!
She is my Mum, my Bestfriend, my should to cry on, my everything I just love her 100%.
I hope that my girls feel the same about me as I feel about my mum as she is my world!! Chanelle xxxx
My mom was the most amazing woman, A little strange as a mom. But as a woman I admired her alot She was the first woman life guard in Fl . A model ,and artist and a manic depressive . She went back to being a life guard at 50 and at 76 she retired. Great story teller ,and most of all she protected me as an artist and a curious child . People would tell me Curiosity killed the cat and mom would say and satifaction brought it back ....Ske was the perfect mom for me :) Our own little ADAMS Family <3 Happy mothers day to you and my angel
ReplyDeletesorry to hear that you lost your mum last year, must be so hard. I can't imagine not having my mum around. She is always there for me, listens when I need her to but doesn't interfere. She beat alcoholism which was a really rough period of her life but has been sober and happy for almost 15 years. She has suffered health problems the last few years but keeps her chin up and gets on with it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance to win some candy, sending you a big hug x
I am soooo sorry about your mum. This is so hard for me to write & its took me a bit to decide whether to type it or not. Unfortunately I've not had a good upbringing my mum a lot of times didnt like me around. When my 2 sons died it was my hubby who was there for me I was only 16 & 17 years old at the time I married my hubby when I was 16. I then went onto have another son & a severly disabled daughter....my mother to this day has still never held her. She & my father divorced & unfortunately her new hubby doesnt have kids so they moved away & we are not allowed to know where. I feel a pang of jealousy when I hear stories of other mums I had a rubbish upbringing details I will not go into as they are quite raw.
ReplyDeleteHowever I will say this when my mum & dad divorced me & my dad got to know each other again, became father & daughter & whilst I type this with tears streaming down my face he really did become my best ever friend. He was brilliant & wanted to make up for the childhood I never had. He even admitted to people how I was treated & said he was sorry a thousand times, it takes a big man to say sorry.
We really did become best friends & he was the one person who never judged me who I could turn to for anything. Unfortunately he died 3 years ago & still there is a huge hole inside my heart & a deep ache. I miss him so much he was the best man I ever knew & I am proud & honoured to call him my dad.
I havnt entered this for the grab bag I just wanted to tell you to treasure what you have, absorb each & every moment cus you dont know how lucky you are to have a fabulous mum. I love my children with all my heart & I dont know how a mother can treat her children in the way I have been. My brother is dying & still she has nothing to do with him & he is only 34 years old.
I am so sorry if this has upset anyone please know I would never intend that to anyone. Make the most of every day you have with your parents & your family. Life is short & we only get one chance to make the most of it.
Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx
My mom is the best because she allowed me to become the woman I am today. She never teased or scolded me for my wild imagination. I was never made to be ashamed for acting like a tomboy and playing in the dirt. She encouraged me to draw and make art. Even when money was tight, she still found spare change for crayons and coloring books. She taught me to stand-up for myself and my friends. I remember that she always ate last or not at all. It wasn't until later in life I realized she did this so her 7 children would have enough to eat. Friends were always welcomed at the table, even if we had to share a chair. Although poor growing-up, I never knew poverty. As far as I knew we were the richest kids in the world and for this I thank my mom.
ReplyDeleteLynette... I was thinking about you,the first one is so hard...My mother passed 2 years ago... today would have been her 82 birthday.
ReplyDeleteWhy is she the greatest? Easy... She just LOVED ME...no matter what...with unconditional love...how awesome
I'm so sorry for you loss Lynette. I lost my father two years ago, so I know you pain.
ReplyDeleteLuckily, my mother is still alive :) She is the best: loving, caring, patient, forgiving and supporting. She had hard time growing up herself, but made sure to love and take good care of her children. I owe her so much!
so sorry that your mom is no longer with you huni but i am sure her spirit remains with you each and every day.
ReplyDeleteMy mother is also one of the kindest people I know she is my bestest friend in the whole wide world and i really don't know how i would cope without her she is my life.
She is always there for me no matter what and i think its the little things that count too like she still buys me easter eggs even though i am 30 years old today and she still insists on giving me and my younger sister a stocking at christmas time.
She is a really strong lady and has been through so much this year with being poorly which she pulled through fighting strong and has lost alot of weight making her just 6 stone and shes only 4 foot 11 inches bless her.
She phones me all the time and we meet for lunch when we can.
I could go on and on but truely i owe my beautiful mother so much she is the most beautiful person I know xx
can i just say that Vicky is the most beautiful person i have met through blogging and if it was up to me i would send her the wonderful candy she is a true inspiration to me not only in crafting but in the way of how much love and care she has for others anyone who has the priviledge to know her are so very lucky and i love how strong she is as a person too even though she probably doesn't realise it herself.I haven't yet had the chance to meet her in person but if i do i know she would be the bestest friend a girl could have
ReplyDeletelove ya Vicky xx
So sorry for the loss of your mom.
ReplyDeleteI don't need to say a lot, because I think just saying that my mom loves with all of her heart and with all of her actions is enough to understand why she's the best!
my mom is the best because she is just that my Mom..she loves me and I love her...short and sweet just like her :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicate card and you put in so much work into it.
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