What is your mother like?

@AmbiePam (85680)
United States
February 26, 2010 8:32am CST
Whether you knew your mother well or not, what was/is she like? My mother is a goofball that I love very much. She went back to school after many years and managed to get a master's degree. But, the best thing about her is her unconditional love.
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@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
26 Feb 10
My mom's been gone for ten years now and I still miss her like crazy. She was the most generous person on the face of the earth and her love was unconditional. I sometimes think that good mothers and good pets are the only creatures on earth that get the unconditional love thing down pat.
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• Canada
26 Feb 10
I agree with your response 100% and I am so sorry to hear that you lost your mother ten years ago. I couldn't even imagine!
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@leateagee (3667)
• China
26 Feb 10
My mother is the best mother, friend, sister, dressmaker, homemaker, project maker (hehehe), woman, citizen, person and neighbor for me. As I grow, people don't call us mother and daughter because she's so cool that we are like sisters. She doesn't look like her age. She dresses almost like me but with her own style. In short she is so cool. But she cries a lot whenever when misses some. Yesterday she called me to tell me she misses me and started crying already. hehehe. I love you mom!
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@AmbiePam (85680)
• United States
27 Feb 10
That is a great tribute to her.
@leateagee (3667)
• China
27 Feb 10
Well, in my opinion, we should never set aside the hardships of our mothers. Though not all are role models, still women who become mothers have a great role in our future.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
26 Feb 10
Yes the best thing about being the mother is unconditional love. My mother was an angel. She is gone, but not gone from my heart. She used to have magic touch with everything she did, including cooking and taking care of sick people. I think I am very good for my own daughter and I love her very much.
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@AmbiePam (85680)
• United States
27 Feb 10
I bet you are.
• Canada
26 Feb 10
My mum is kind of bitter sweet. I love her very much, she is an awesome mum and grandmother to my girls! She definitely loves my brother and I unconditionally! BUT ... Sometimes I feel like she doesn't understand my family and I's situation. She and my dad have always had "extra money" to buy something on a whim, go on vacations whenever they please, they own their own vehicle and home. We however are renting our home, we are making monthly payments on my truck, and I couldn't even think about going on vacation or going on a shopping spree because I know we can't afford to! We don't have a thing called "extra money" in this house. I think and hope that made sense!
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@AmbiePam (85680)
• United States
27 Feb 10
Oh yes, it certainly does.
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@pastorkayte (2255)
• United States
26 Feb 10
I did not know my real mom in a motherly way, she was more of the woman who gave birth to me. My step mom however, was a princess. She made me feel good from the time me and my father got her. She was intent that I would not have the kind of step mother who doesnt care for me and to this day she is always a breath of fresh air. I love her and I am grateful to God for giving me her to help me grow into the woman I have become.
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@AmbiePam (85680)
• United States
27 Feb 10
Good mothers certainly don't have to be related by blood.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
27 Feb 10
My mother is unique to say that least. I don’t mean that in a complimentary way either! My mother and my father, for that matter, are the type of people who should have never had children. I don’t mean that my sister and I should have never come along but that we were brought up in a very dysfunctional and emotionally abusive household and it has changed who we are. My mother is someone who lives in her own little world and she is totally unaware of what the people around her are feeling and does not particularly care unless it affects her! Not a nice person...
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@AmbiePam (85680)
• United States
27 Feb 10
I'm glad you're hear, but you're right, some people shouldn't have children.
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
26 Feb 10
My mom's a real sweetie now.. for the most part, but she used to be really mean! Dysfunctional is the word for the house I grew up in, but I was healed so it's all good now..
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
27 Feb 10
My mom not sure what to say as wehn I was growing up we werent close I was daddys girl. But figured out she is a very stanch and determind woman and fighting like heck to get to 90 yearsw old!
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@AmbiePam (85680)
• United States
27 Feb 10
@bdugas (3578)
• United States
20 Mar 10
you are very lucky, I had a mom, who seem to hate the world. She was very mean to the peopel around her, especially me and my grand mother. It was the choices she made in life that made her so angry, but there was no use talking to her as she just became more angry at the world, it was always some one else's fault for her failures. I envoyed the girls at school when I would go to their house, they would laugh and joke with their mothers, all I could think of was, what had I done to make her hate me. I would see other girls and their mothers going out shopping or to lunch, or to the movie together, she just didnt' want me around. But I came to realize that it had nothing to do with me, but her own failures in life. She is gone now, since 1987, and even though she treated me so bad as I was growing up, and on into my adult life, still I would just love to hear her voice one time.
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@AmbiePam (85680)
• United States
20 Mar 10
Thank you, for reminding me how blessed I am.
@Flight84 (3048)
• United States
2 Mar 10
My mom is wonderful. She's a goofball and a very loving mother. She's not judgemental and has always let me be who I want to be. She's dedicated to me and my sister and would do anything to help us. I love my mom very much and she's excited to finally be a 'mimi' soon when our son arrives.
@AmbiePam (85680)
• United States
3 Mar 10
Mimi, I like that!
@Flight84 (3048)
• United States
3 Mar 10
Isn't it cute? :) That's the only thing I can see her being. She's just not a 'grandma' or 'Nana' or anything like that.
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@messageme (2821)
• United States
26 Feb 10
My mother is someone that only cares about herself. She is very two faced and thinks she is better than everyone. My grandpa (her dad) just got married last year and want to know how she signed the guessed book...Her name...then behind it she put your prettiest and smartest daughter! I told her that was very concieded that was a guest book she said "so it's true" I couldn't believe it. If it wasn't in pen I would have erased it. Out of me and my three sisters none of us lived with her until we were 18! All of us were gone by 16. To me that is really sad. We could never talk to her about anything when we were growing up. Definitely not a mother I admire. But I did learn alot from her...of what not to do with my own kids!
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@kitty42 (3923)
• United States
28 Feb 10
Hello My mom is cool but complicated, she is stuck in the old days alot of the time so we clash when it comes to things like that, she always tell me how they did things in the south where she is from I say times have changed mom lol but she has her days when she is a barrel of laughs,I love my mom so no matter what I accept her for the woman she is, she raised 4 great kids some better than the others but great all the same. Great topic
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@AmbiePam (85680)
• United States
28 Feb 10
Moms are amazing.
@ksmita (513)
• India
26 Feb 10
hi. my mother is my best friend. its strange, few days back, i wanted to start one discussion. 'my mother, my friend' but i thought everybody feels the same. few days back , i was feeling very low as i thought i don't have any friends with whom i can share my feelings. i was in my room , still alone..my mother came , looked at my face and said that 'you are fine the way you are, nothing is wrong with you, i trust you.be happy.' that's what mother is: they understand you, even if you don't utter a word. they can listen to your's inside voice and will be there when you need them. as you said ,their unconditional love make them the best. happy mylotting.
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@besthope44 (12123)
• India
14 Aug 10
She is my best friend, to share and decide. Thats my best mom and she is unbeatable!
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
28 Feb 10
My mother is: 1.) Opinionated 2.) Head strong 3.) Stubborn 4.) A goofball(in a good way) 5.) Caring That is five things that describe my mom.But I wouldn't trade her for any other mom. I love her for all her faults as I hope she loves me for all of mine.
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• Philippines
1 Mar 10
My mother is like a friend. she is not that intelligent when it comes to academic but she is very smart when it comes to life. She is very strong. We all depend on her when we have problems when we are young, and she is always there for us. My father gave her a headache even until now but i know hat deep inside even if the marriage is close to failure, she love my father very much. She is our light, she is very brave. She can do all the impossible if that is for her family. She have already proven to us how she loves us and now I am doing the same with my family. I know that all of the mothers in the world is like my mother.
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• Philippines
23 Mar 10
My mother has split personalities. Sometimes, she is so sweet and caring, really thoughtful and she really takes good care of us. She is so kind and she's soft-spoken, she's like an angel. We can talk about our common interests, she's like a friend to me. She is like a role model for mothers. She does anything just for us. And then sometimes, she turns into a different woman. She easily gets mad, and her voice becomes loud and angry, and she's saying that the only things we give her are problems, she doesn't say sorry if it's her fault, but if we did just a small mistake, she yells painful words to us. But I love her.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
3 Mar 10
Very smart, always right, emotional, distant, good at puzzles, very personable when she wanted to be, didn't quite know what to do with children once they got to be old enough to talk back, eccentric, great sense of humor...
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• China
27 Feb 10
i guess she have all the characteristics of a woman. though i started to appreciate her sacrifices for whole family very late. (It will be more clear about somebody's importance/care/love once that person is not with you.) As a housewife, she managed to take care of all the chores of entire family, without asking for any appreciation. I love her more now than ever before.
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@khalida (1126)
• India
3 Mar 10
hey! i love spending time with my mom:) she tells me all her workplace stories and so do i! she's one person who loves me for what i am and i cant be away from her! :)
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