Growing up, I was constantly asked, “Who do you admire?” To be honest, I couldn’t think of an answer. I was a kid and I didn’t really understand what that meant or entailed. As I got older, I read about Joan of Arc, and she became my inspiration because she allowed her faith and passion to lead her in life without fear.
As I became an adult, the list changed. I admired certain women like Katherine Hepburn, Anais Nin, Jane Austen, and even Mae West because they were independent females who were not afraid to be strong women. They were opinionated, frank, passionate, fearless, intelligent, and even bawdy at times. They were women who could hang with the big boys, and probably drink them under a table while wearing heels and looking gorgeous the whole time doing it with charm and wit.
Now, I see the true meaning of the words “hero, mentor, admire, and inspiration”. She was my mother. It will be two years in three weeks that my Mom lost her fight to Pancreatic Cancer. And, let me tell you, she put up one hell of a fight.
I think back to her having us four daughters and making it look effortless every day. She was at every practice, every competition, had dinner on the table every night and she was up most nights helping with a project or sewing something we had ripped or torn.
My mother was an extremely dominant force. She was strong, opinionated, fierce, loyal, and had “eyes in the back of her head”. You either loved her or she scared you right out of your shoes! She made us be our best and she did not take no for an answer. She let us know that it was okay to fail, but that you had to at least try and keep trying. She made us into the women we are, and for years she dried the tears of many a child at a daycare she adored. So, now I have the answer. Your Moms create your heart and soul. They shape and mold you into the person you become. They are our hero, healer, mentor and inspiration all wrapped into one.
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