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I dont care for that woman. She makes Leona Helmsley looks warm and fuzzy.

I don't have my mother any more. She went to be with the Lord a couple of years ago. All I know is she was the best mother anyone could ever ask for. Always kind and compassionate towards others.

UPDATE: I think one of my trolls just revealed themselves. It's so cold to mark somebody an unhelpful on a serious matter like this. It kind of shows what kind of a low class person they are.

I miss my mother, too. Sometimes I shed tears in grief, but I know I will see her again. I'll always cherish her memory.

We've butted heads, we've exchanged hate mail...but when the day is done I wouldn't pick a different mother. She has always been in my corner. She's strongly opinionated and stubborn as all hell, but, that's where I get it from. I can't thank her enough.

My mom kicks ass. She even listens to some of my music and gives me funny weblist items or all of you to enjoy. Half that stuff on the alien list was her idea.

My mom was always my best friend, my teacher, and my protector. I don't know what I would have done without having her, especially through some of the harder times I have faced...

My MOM is my everything!!! She is my parent, my guide, my best friend, my advisor, my guardian angel! I would be lost without her and wouldn't be the person that I am if not for her influence in my life. My mom taught me honesty, self respect, optimism, and forgiveness. She is the most caring and nurturing person I've ever met. She didn't only gave me life, she instilled it's beauty in me. I learn to look at nature, animals, and other people with eyes that were full of hope, faith, and understanding. She taught me not to be afraid of an emotion and become a person that I was meant to be rather than what society is looking for. I can go on and on and there will be no end of my love for my mom. I hope one day I'll be able to repay for all the good that she gave me. I'm truly blessed!!!

My mom has easily been the greatest influence on my life. You will never meet a person with a greater sense of duty anywhere. At points in time I've seen her work 7 days weeks 10 hours a day for 3 and 4 years straight at 5 or 6 dollar an hour jobs to make ends meet. She never once asked for a hand out and never once blamed her plot in life on anyone. She got up and worked and gave everything she could to her sons so they would have a better life than she had. She endured the misery which was my father- beatings at his hands, arrests and indignities- yet she never stopped giving. She's loved me unconditionally even when I screwed up royally numerous times. I know if I was her I would have thrown my hand up and quit a long time ago but she never has. I will never be able to repay my mom for all she has done for me. I am everything I am because of her.

Like my father, my mother has always been there for me and my siblings. She has dedicated her life to helping raise us, and I respect her immensely for that. Despite some of her flaws, she is an incredibly caring woman who only has the best intentions for her actions.

Generous. Tough. Hard-working. Compassionate. Good instincts with people. A rare collection of personality traits. . .plus a real nice person. Nicer than me, anyways. . .

My mother has no excuse for the life she has lead. A former valedictorian armed with brains, PR skills most executives would kill for, and charm she can turn on like a light switch. She spent two decades terrorizing my family w/ her rampant alcoholism. I spent my teen years pulling her out of bars and enduring her drunken tirades/fits. Unhappy w/ the way her life turned out (especially her marriage to my father) and took it out on everybody - especially me during my adolesence. Didn't have the courage/character to leave and do something else ... just made everybody else pay and pay and pay. Fundamentally influenced my life, probably more than any other person. Two biggest lessons I learned: 1) Don't endure or become involved w/ a female who gives you any amount of trouble, and 2) Junkies serve no purpose; they're better off dead. She was manipulative, self-centered, mean-spirited and driven. She is closing in on 80 now and in poor health. She is borderline diabetic, has had multiple angioplasties to clear her arteries and lacks much energy. She mostly sits on the couch and watches cable television ... sees me and my sister once or twice a week. She's been sober for about 6 or 7 years now b/c her body simply can't handle the booze anymore. My father gave up drinking a few years ago after a second DUI and I'm sorry he did because I know it was causing her stress. Stress that she deserved and should have to endure more of. That is justice and what she has coming. I suspect that she regrets the wall that exists between us and would like to get on my good side before she passes. That will never happen. I want her to suffer because it is just and right and proper that she does. I don't know how much of what she did during her drunken stupors remains in her memory but what she can recall I believe is haunting her. Good. For that reason I hope her poor health lingers but doesn't overtake her for some time. She is like Jacob Marley enduring the chains she forged in life. She better pray that the Christians are wrong about afterlives that await for us b/c if they are right she is in for some unpleasant sh--. I realize this entry is out of step w/ the others in this category but I appreciate the rating opportunity and the candor this forum allows. It has cathartic value.

my mother for having the strength to have a positive look on things where i sometimes fail. for having the strength and determination to stop the cycle of abuse with her so that her own children would not have to go through what she did.for having the strength to raise 3 kids on her own and finish her education and worked 2 jobs when needed and for never forgetting the treat i would find under my pillow in the morning that she would bring from her job at the baseball park. for holding my head when i got sick. for being concerned but never critical.for being enough of a mother so having a father that saw no importance in being in my life never had the impact it could have had if she hadnt been enough to fill up that empty hole so i never felt i missed anything that could have been even close to being better than what i had.

Of course I admired my momma. She was feisty who never took crap from nobody. She taught me to stand for myself and I learned it from her. Yeah, we even got into fist-fights and wrestling matches when I was a kid, but she at least defended me whenever I got into trouble. I love her for that.

My Mother deserves more stars than would fit on the screen.She has always been there-for me,for the people in her Church,for many elderly people she came into contact with who had NO ONE,etc. She has shown me what selflessness means.She is not judgemental,and has always given me good advice (though I haven't always followed it).She set a very good example for me,and whatever my faults may be:she truly did her best in raising me.Finally,I might add,she had a very hard life:yet she is far from bitter and has gathered much wisdom throughout life.

Without a doubt I admire this woman more than anyone. She drives me mad, but thats what shes there for. I remember most of my friends leaving home at 16 doing nothing wrong because their Mothers just wanted them to see what life was about and some of my friends getting asked to make contributions to the house on their first past-time job at 16 and being verbally and physically abused. My Mother never inflicted any of this on me. Instead she nurtured and supported me through love, respect, understanding and good advice. How many of those same people today actually are proud of who they are and like and respect themselves? I wouldn't be the person I am today without her and for that I'm extremely grateful.