Today has been solely dedicated to the most important person in my life. I consider myself lucky that I am able to call my role model and best friend my mother. There has never been a time that I have needed her and she didn’t drop everything to help me. She is everything I hope to be and she truly deserves more than a day to be thanked and celebrated.

One of my most treasured memories with my mother is when I was starting first grade. She told me that I was not better than anyone else in my class and none of them were better than me either. She also told me that if she ever heard I was bullying someone because of their clothing she would make me wear mismatched outfits to school for the next two weeks. I don’t think she was ever truly worried of me being mean, but this definitely worked and she just wanted me to be kind to everyone.
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