IDK it just is what I am. There was never anything else I wanted to be besides a wife & a mother

well the wife part is over

but being a mom lives on! It means-

knowing about cool technology and great new music cause my sons share their interests with me

it means worrying when Mr. Race Car tells me he won't drive too fast

it means being proud at graduations cause they've always been good students

it means hearing great jokes and a lot of laughter cause they know they can talk to me

it means always having someone(s) I can talk to and just totally be honest - like - really? ya - we can gripe together & often do about the insanity that life can be sometimes

it means comfy Christmases w/ lots of laughter

and they still pick on each other at 17, 25 and 27 like they did when they were 8 & 9...

What does mother mean to you?

To me a Mother is one that loves her children unconditional, one that wipes the tears away and chases all their fears away. One that no matter what when her kids truly need her she is there for them and helps guide them along the way.....

I only hope that I have become that Mother for my kids......

I never had that chance with mine since she passed away when I was only a baby... But I only hope that I have been half the Mother she would have been if things had been different....

My mom means alot to me. Growing up we didn't have much, but she made sure that I had what I needed.....a roof over my head, food in my belly, clothes on my back, and shoes on my feet. If she could afford to get me something she would.

She taught me compassion, and how to care for other's. She taught me how to work hard at whatever you do. She showed me the meaning of unconditional love. She taught me that no matter what life throws at you that you have to keep going.

She has always been my biggest supporter, and my biggest fan. She never missed one of my games, whether it was football season or baseball season. On a friday night during football season when I was in school, you could always hear her in the crowd.

She was always there for all of my 4-H shows, including when I went to show at the state fair every year when I was in 4-H.

She has been there for me when I needed her most. She has been my rock and my voice of reason.

Now that I'm an adult and on my own, in her eyes I'm still her little boy. She still worries if I'm doing ok.

Her and dad have very little. She works at a little restaurant, and makes very little. Dad's health prevents him from working, and he draws SSI disability, but it's not hardly much of anything. They barely scrape by. I do whatever I can to help, and do more when I can. I put mom on my cell phone plan to save her some money, so she could cancel the one she had. Last year when I withdrew money from my 401k for some stuff I wanted, I spend a big portion on her and dad. I got them a new washing machine because their's was gonna take a crap at any time, it was almost as old as I am. She gave me a hard time and told me that I didn't have to do it, but I felt I did and I wanted to.

I can never repay her for what she's done for me. I don't think I can ever be able to thank her enough. In my eyes I can never do enough for her. She means the world to me.

I hope that if I ever do become a parent, that I can be at least half as good of one as she is and has been for me

I hope they capture what Mother means to me...For all the Moms
on Mingle2 and especially

for Lee (and Joel)...



Happy Mothers Day