FIRST, I must say that my best friend since FIRST grade haha (get it first, first) Ok…Does most certainly have a blog but does not really have followers because she never tried to. She does it for fun and she has AWESOME recipes on there so gah head…check it out! She is also featured on my one post – This one’s for the girls .. I give you Anna Banana @ Bullet’s Bite !! Give her some love!!!
Ok…I love my Momma! She is so strong and such an inspiration to all women. My mother was born on December 1, 1955. For all of you history buffs it is indeed the day Rosa Parks sat in front of the bus. She had a gorgeous Mother (Who you can see here!)Â and a very handsome Father whom became pregnant at the age of 19. It was unexpected and so they did the “right thing” in those days and were married. A year later my Aunt Beverly was born and when my Momma was 10 years old my Aunt Collette was born.
She had such long beautiful hair that you can not see here BUT
I think at her age here she slightly resemebles Lynn Collins the actress from Wolverine:
My Grandmother and Grandfather were always working which led my Ma’ to grow up fast for her age. I call her a book-worm but she just loves learning and being graded on it. Even to this day! How do I keep this short?
Ok, so she was a very successful accountant for laboratory company who actually made the lottery balls (haha that was so cool to me as a kiddo). She eventually decided when I was about 13, 14? That she was not happy with her occupation that she has worked so hard for and decided to continue working AND going back to school for teaching. Once she starting taking courses she was blowing people out of the water and people helped guide her along her way out of her astonishing focus and drive.
She became a teacher almost immediately in the Philadelphia school district (which does not have the highest reputation) through an “Emergency Certification”. This resulted in her having to make a decision and she left her job taking a GREAT percentage amount in her pay cut.
Well not ONE regret comment has come out of her mouth since then and she gets paid just fine being she worked her way up in the school district. She gets the students involved and has them do advertising for the local Philadelphia sports, they then get to meet the players of the season (Flyers, Eagles, Phillies) she gets free games through her connections that she had built (that benefits me time to time 😉 ), she has local radio stations throw concerts at her schools.
Going on and on can be an option but I want you to be as inspired as I am of my wonderful Mother. She is ONE class away of having her doctorates in teaching lol! What?? She just started about ten years ago out of a career change!? Amazing!
All that I am trying to say is that it’s never too late to chase your dream and it’s certainly not something you should question. My Mother had a vision and did it, now she is very well-respected and has turned programs around beyond belief, she is extraordinary and I know I can always count on her because being a Mom is always her # 1 role.
I don’t know how she does it all and I don’t know how she keeps going after Allllll our family has been through (which is soo much beyond what you could imagine) but she is the kindest woman with the biggest heart. Just don’t twist her loud, outspoken mouth with rudeness…it is what it is with my Ma’.
I love her more than she will ever know and admire her ever single day of my life. She has kept our family safe and together our whole lives and will never leave any of our sides. I don’t want to get into detail everything she has had to deal with for our family but just know and trust she needs a break.
So guys, what can I do for my beautiful Mother for Christmas? What is something that will blow her away and just let her have her own day for once.
And you know she gets pedicures, manicures blah blah.
- What is the best gift you have given to an important woman or a great gift you heard about?
- I just really want to give her everything she deserves in a gift (without spending my entire life savings haha)
- If you don’t have any ideas, what are some must haves or must have to get for someone for the holidays??
- AND HIS BROTHER THAT PUTS ME IN A HEADLOCK EVERY CHANCE HE GETS:
- We had chicken and broccoli Alfredo last night and if you are a lover of it like me…try this bad boy out!! Werth it! (only Phillies fans would get that)
CIAO BELLA!
What a great post! Your mom is absolutely beautiful. How lucky you are to have such a great role model to look up to! =)
I think you should treat her to an entire day of surprises. Im not sure what kind of surprises, but maybe take her out for the whole day and just surprise her with places you take her!
She is honestly the most amazing woman I am so lucky to have her.
i love seeing vintage pics. cool family story. and i went to see your friends blog. bullet’s bite is now in my google reader.
best gift i gave an important woman was a journal i was writing. it was unknown to her that i was even keeping it. the best gifts are the ones made over time.
here is an idea to get someone for the holidays. everyday take a picture. make a journal of the pictures and include writings or context about why the pic was chosen. it would be a real glimps into your heart through the eyes of the lens
Me too! I have so many of my parents when they were young and I look through them at least once a week, I love old pictures too…I always imagine what was going on when it was being taken.
Awesome Ideas!! I love the thoughts! Thanks Matt!
haha Thanks for the shout out! Love the post, your mom looks so beautiful! Erin looks just like her in that picture of her with the baby…that I assume is Erin. Lovely post!
Oh how I love you so my Anna Banana! I LOVE your new post sooo much! I don’t even have her best pictures! I have to go to my rents and dig them up just bc I love her so much! Annnd you are soo right! It is Erin haha ohh we have known each other for too long now! I love you soo much Smokes!
What an amazing post! Your mother seems like a wonderful woman and I admire her for following her dream!
Yes as do I! She amazes me everyday!
That’s really sweet! Your mom must be really important to you and a great role model in your life.
Both of my parents mean everything to me, my whole family for that matter! They are all wonderful people!
Awwww i love my mom too!!! This post was SO SWEET!!! This makes me so excited to see my mom in a few hours!
What a beautiful post. And so inspirational. I completely agree that its never too late to go for our dreams. 🙂
This is such a sweet post! Thanks for sharing this story! It’s so true that you just have to follow your dreams!
Awww how sweet. Your mom must be very proud of you 🙂 Love the old wedding pictures. I never got to see pics of my mom and dads wedding, but maybe one day. I can only imagine what her dress looks like! One of my fav things to do for people I love is to make a shutterfly book. One xmas for my daddy I made him a book of “the 3 greatest things youve done” and it was a book about how he has raised me and my 2 siblings and how inspirational he has been for us. He cried of course 🙂
Your mom is gorgeous! So are you!
It’s so inspiring to hear that she took charge of her life and was willing to chase her dreams. SO many people now just settle in their lives, even if they aren’t happy with how things are going.
I’m not very good at thinking up gift ideas but maybe you could book a weekend getaway for you and your mom? Or maybe you, your mom and your sisters? I know my mom would LOVE to have a girls weekend away with me and my sister. 🙂
i really enjoy reading this post about your mother! my mum did the same thing too. she quit her job and became a yoga instructor. it was the best thing she has ever done for herself in forever! i want to give her everything too because she so deserves it!
Aww doesn’t it just make you feel so proud?!! Good for your “mum” haha I love that. Well if you ever have good ideas for her send them this way too! xoxo
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this post!!! Such a beautiful dedication to your momma!!! She is gorgeous by the way…I see where you get your hott looks from 😉
Thank you Laury!! That means a lot since I could post the depth of her strength! And you comment is my fav haha
Gosh. The writer in me….really, really want to write your mom’s biography. She would make an incredible story. Such a wonderful, engaging woman!!
Oh and I most certainly have a writer hat as well. If I had the time too I would too seriously. She has fought her way through life and has never complained or felt sorry for her self she is so strong and always will be positive. It amazes me really.
You mom is so beautiful and amazing. That’s such an inspiring story. Seriously, what an incredible woman.
A few years back, for christmas, I gave my mom a calendar for the new year made out of the photos of our family at different stages of our lives. I think I did it through the Kodak website. She really loved it and she still has it saved somewhere. It didn’t cost much but it really meant alot to her.
She realllly is! She is a angel is disguise I just know it. I have seen them! What a good idea and defff affordable too!! Thanks!
I think a lot of people have too much fear to start from scratch like your mom did. Such an inspiring post and you’re lucky to have a role model like that!
Tell me about it girly! It takes so much strength and courage to do what my Mom did! Thanks for reading and liking her story!
love the pictures, girlie! You are so perrrrty. 😉
I LOVE alfredo so naturally i’ve got to find that sauce. Sounds so good right now!
have a great weekend love!
Aww you are too! Thank you so much!!! Alfredo sauce is my weakness you have no idea! That sauce def does the trick for half of the clogged arteries you can get from reg 🙂 YOU have a fantastic weekend!
Such great pics…your mama is a wonderful role model! I’ll try to think of some good gifts 🙂
Oh please do 🙂 She is the best!
aw, what a sweet post! (and your mom really is gorgeous!) i am HORRIBLE at buying presents for people. (i insist on being creative and end up getting something they never use.) whatever you give her, i’m sure she’s gonna love it ’cause it came from you!
I love gift giving! My Ma is the best woman I have met, she does so much for everyone and does not do anything for her self sooo that’s why this christmas I really want her to know how much she is appreciated! 🙂
When I came in to the world my mom have thrown me out and kept the stork…you are a lucky child!
What a lovely post, your mum is so beautiful! I love looking at my mum’s old pics too, she had a fabulous style back then 🙂
Hey, I am in your Blogroll! How cool, thank you!
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