Mothers (AMAZING WOMEN)
@marapplestiffy (2182)
Philippines
November 22, 2010 6:55pm CST
I was not a very easy child to handle. I was moody and mostly passively aggressive, I didn't even know how to say sorry. I don't know how my mother handled my tantrums, my silence, my destructive tendencies. I only know that if it wasn't for her, I would be lost. I have grown to become the woman I am now, thanks to her.
Mothers have the most power to mold the personality of a child, this is a power that could build or trample a nation.
How about you? How are your lives influenced by your mother?
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8 responses
@sweetmary86 (822)
• Philippines
23 Nov 10
well i could say that my mom is a living saint cuz shes not only good to us but also kind to everyone. i really believe that a mothers love is unconditional. just like you, i had a capricious and ill temperament but she was ever patient with me. she was the one who helped me up when i was down and felt like giving up. shes always the one who gives me strength. I love her so much and whenever i go away from home i miss her alot. i know she sacrificed alot for this family. but its not our moms alone that could influence but our dads as well.
@marapplestiffy (2182)
• Philippines
25 Nov 10
My father did influence me, but not as great as my mother had and continue to do so...He's a seaman that's why I didn't get to see him often enough to be influenced that much...
@reckon21 (3479)
• Philippines
23 Nov 10
I know you are not serious in saying that you will make God miserable because he take away your mother early. I can very well understand the bitterness and pain it gives you. I also ask God why he takes away my mother when we still don't have enough time to show her we love her in in spite of what happen to us in the past.
God knows we love our mother very much and we are very sad when she passed away. But I could never hate God for it because maybe he has his own reason why. My mother suffer so much here on this earth and maybe that is the reason he wanted her to rest beside him in heaven. I miss you Mama. Love you so much!
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
25 Nov 10
I am like you too when i was a child I am hard headed when I do not like to go or dislike a thing I could not be force to follow or like it. It just that I feel that i like to be independent and do not like other to control me as i make my own rule and like to break it most of the time. It is my way to test a person patience or like to challenge them until they show their real attitude. So if they could take me I would slow down or be meek with them but most of the time I am shy and like to indulge in my own world. Even now days I seem to lessen my childish tendency but some remain. I am not a spoiled brat but very silent but seem very terrible when i get provoke or some get angry with me. Though I am more in control of myself so other see me as mellow person but they should not pressure or provoke me since they would not likely like what they see.
In my household my mother also the one who discipline who taught me to behave and show good examples though the father is a very calm and silent person full of understanding but once he make discipline us his children we follow since he only get mad rarely but once he does he mean it. Most likely my mom is the one we disobey the most but have a long patience a little strict but a good disciplinarian..My mother influence me by teaching me good things and let me join activities to become more socialize and to become more friendly r at least tolerant with the behavior of other people whom I dislike and taught me to behave...
@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
• United States
23 Nov 10
A lot of what I don't do as a parent was influenced by how my mother treated me as a child. My mom was great when I was a little child, but as I grew up and after my father walked out she became a different person. She allowed us to live in poverty, neglecting bills, etc and that is something I do not do as an adult. She also avoided us, even leaving us home alone (when too young to actually be left home alone) to go to parties and so forth, and that is not something I have ever done with my children.
Namaste-Anora
@annawen86 (545)
• Indonesia
23 Nov 10
well, not all of the mother are a great my mother. i have a great mother. although she never hug me or kiss me, but i know that she sacrified a lot for me.
but, my boyfriend, dont have great mother like me. i can say that my mother is more like a mother to him, compared to his own mother. my mom gave him money, help him trough his difficulty. but his own mother doesnt care. his mom even take 25 million of my boyfriend's grandmother money and still blame everyone and dont blame her self. she doenst try to help my boyfriend. and she didnt thankful to me and my mom who always help her son. she just like, dont care and dont wanna know that we help with all of our money, which we gain from hard work.
and she didnt do anything to help her son. well, is it wrong, if i choose to stay away from her. and take care my boyfriend.
@rovered777 (649)
• United States
23 Nov 10
Yes, I believe so. I'm talking from a son's standpoint and there are so many things I can thank my mother for. They are so special and deserve more than just one mother's day. If it weren't for them none of us would be here so proud and well off with our countless number of ancestral mothers. They've done a lot of work, and much of there progress can be seen anywhere in the world. There is a lot one can learn from them, and I don't believe men can be as caring and nurturing. Its so awe inspiring and it feels great to see and feel honored by them.
