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.
