My mom and me

 My mom and me

This week's chapter in my blog is going to be all me instead of sharing the spotlight with my mom, I wanted to create a chapter where I talk in detail about how I have seen my mom since I was little. All of these chapters have been filled with new information even to myself so I wanted to kind of share my perspective about everything I have to say about them and some extra, I guess I am using it as a space to also dedicate some sweet words to my mom in a more public setting. 


Since I was little remember my mom was always the only person there next to me, she would always be there taking care of me and my sister. Always standing tall and proud, my sister and I grew up without a father figure to look up to but we did grow up with a mom who would do great at trying to be both. She would one day be dressed up like a princess playing with my sister's dolls and the next day she would be on my bed fighting me with my lightsabers. She taught me how to shave, how to tie a tie after she watched a YouTube tutorial, and even how to play sports. There wasn't a thing my mom didn't do for me, she was so amazing at being a mom that I never felt like I needed a dad in my life. Growing up with a mom like her felt as if I always had someone in my corner and that reassured me a lot now that she is at an age where she needs a lot of help with stuff I am more than glad to be in her corner.

Through this process of my mother moving to Portland and dealing with all the challenges that life throws at her, she has grown a lot into a person I have never seen before. She is so inspiring but from a different point of view, I would look at her with admiration towards a mother figure who could do it all but now I look at her as a person looking at another person. Human to human I see her struggle and overcome these struggles in such a way that I can't help but be impressed. She has always been my idol and she will always stay my idol, life is a difficult journey that we all have to go through but I know that if I go through that journey even a little bit like my mom did then I will be okay. 




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