I want to summit the story of my mom. She is a magnificent woman in my life, and seeing her life and struggles has brought me closer to the Lord. My mom has always had health issues ever since she was young such as kidney and thyroid problems. When she was in her mid thirties she became pregnant with my twin brothers after already having five young children. She went into labor early and had a allergic reaction to the medicine the doctor put her on to keep her from going into labor. Her mouth swelled up and she could barely breath. It became so bad that the doctor told my dad he would have to choose my mom or the twins. Our doctor was a Christian and prayed by her side night and day during the whole process and she came out of it healthy and my brothers are now 16 and healthy, athletic, and very smart boys. When my mom was in her upper forties she found out she was a diabetic. When the doctor found this out, she should have been in a diabetic coma and somehow she was still her busy self raising seven children. She has been struggling with this for several years now however still strong. A few years after, she was losing blood and the doctors thought she had cancer. They had found a spot and told her she would have to be tested. However after a lot of prayer and faith, she went in for another check up that showed up perfect. It showed she was not losing blood and there was no spot. The doctors to this day still don't understand how the results has changed, but we knew. It was God! This past summer at age 53, she found she would have to have open heart surgery. She had a heartattack sometime in the past, but did not know. I'm telling you my mom was a strong woman! I don't know how she kept going, but she did. After having open heart surgery she has been in and out of the hospital several times. She is now scared to go back because she never knows when they will put her back in for yet another surgery. She has some rear disease that causes her to have several blockages and clots. She is a small woman around 5 ft tall, but she is mighty. She is the strongest woman I know and will not give up the fight! She trusts in the Lord and my trust and faith in the Lord has grown more than ever watching everything she has been through and knowing that she can still keep going! She still cooks big family meals for us and enjoys time with her children and grandchildren which she just became a grandma to three in the past year and a half! There is so many more stories I could tell about seeing the Lord work miracles in my mom and my family that I would love to share but don't have enough time. I do want you to know that my mom was a stay at home mom with seven children and only worked around holidays and only in the evenings when my dad could be home with us. She is currently looking for a job or trying for disability due to her doctor bills, but physically probably could not do it. I would appreciate prayers and believing in another miracle to heal her from this disease. They say she is a fifty three year old woman in a eighty year old woman's body! Trust me she does not show her pain or hurt and she does not give up! My mom is one-of-a-kind. Even with her health problems and financial problems, she won't stop helping others and being honest. I can remember being a child and hearing my mom tell a woman at a store that she did not ring up a hundred dollar chair. Most people would have left the store and not said a word, but my mom did. This isn't the only time she was honest. I saw several times when she would give back change when she received too much back. My mom was constantly loaning out money to others in need and opening up our house to family members and neighborhood kids. My mom has always been there for us (her children) and everyone else in her life through everything. She has encouraged each one of us and taken up for us countless of times. Yes she knows that we're not perfect but she pushes us to be the best that we can be. She lets us know that she is here for us no matter what. I know that I would not be where I am today without my mom and her encouragement and pushing me out of my comfort zone and constantly cheering me on in all that I do. I always worried about disappointing my parents because they raised us to grow up and reach for our dreams and do what our passion is and I believe that I am where I am today because of my mom always there beside me encouraging me to take the next step. After all this with my mom (her being sick and making it through all these life threatening situations), I realized how much our family relies on her and need her in our lives and I thank God constantly for helping her pull through this and continue to pray for healing on her health. I'm not just writing all this so that my mom wins...I am writing this so that my mom knows how much she means to me and the rest of our family. I want her to know she is the world to us. She truly is my best friend! No one could take her place in my life and I'm sure anyone who my mom knows would say the same about her! She has not only made a difference in her children's life, but in everyone's life that she knows! Mom, if you read this...I want you to know, I love you more than words can express! This is only a glimpse of that love and what you mean to me and everyone else!
With mother's day just being here and all these mother's day contests going on, I wanted to share with everyone how I feel about my mom and a story I entered in a contest! I know mothers are special people and should be recognized all year not just one special day so take the time to think about your mom and what she means to you and others. Feel free to write what you think about your mom! I would love to hear and sometimes mothers need to hear it as well because if your honest with yourself you probably don't express your love for your mom where she knows it! I know I don't express it enough!
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