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	<title><![CDATA[" On The Path to Paradise"]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 12:37:08 CDT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[My story is a bit different, as my story is about my mothers baby sister, Rose Porchea. Aunt Rose stepped in and acted as a mother to me when my mother died. I was twelve and thought that my world was destroyed when I was told that my mother passed away of a massive heart attack in her car. Aunt Rose constantly made sure I never lost my great memories of my mother by reminding me of my mothers great qualities and assisting me with staying on course to be successful in life. My aunt Rose consoled me and reminded me of the importance of being patient, praying, and perserverance. Aunt Rose would say things like " With God all things are possible." or " Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream." and "Carpe Diem- Seize the day." These are just some of the things she reminded my of during the time that I was growing up. When I asked her, (aunt Rose) how she managed to be so strong? Aunt Rose said, " We come from a very long and strong family line and our great grandmothers and fathers, and our grand parents and parents were strong." When I first asked my question aunt Rose's  answerwent over my head. Today I have a greater understanding of the answer as well as a greater respect for famliy and the stregnth of family bond. My aunt Rose jumped many hurdles in life trying to stay ahead in the race of life, But her most toughest hurdle yet has been an on going fight with breast cancer. she beat it twice and now is in a third fight. There is not much the doctors can do any more, but that has not stopped my aunt Rose, She faces every day with a prayer, a smile and great words of wisdom for all who are within ear shot. Aunt Rose says that, "The path to Paradise is paved with many hardships." Aunt Rose knows that this life although fulfilling is not the final resting place for her. She reminds all of her nieces, nephews and her own sons of the importance of seizing the day as tomorrow is never promised. Happy Mother's Day Auntie !!!!]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[We Watch Her]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 23:58:14 CDT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[       Through the eyes of her oldest child, we watch Mrs. Ruby L. Banks.  This sassy, spry, and retired 70 year old doesn’t keep still.  She is the true matriarch of our family, who gives her all in everything she does.  We watched and learned from her with strong admiration as she worked over the years, teaching, advising, holding leadership positions in church, and being involved in various community organizations, all while finding time to raise us.  She still lets us know we are her greatest joy.
	As long as I can remember, we’ve watched her be selfless with us, other family members, and friends in the midst of many “in-spite-ofs.”  We watched her stumble from the deaths of her mother, sister, and brother, but we watched her fall from the death of a daughter.  We all fell!  As we did our best to help her, she dug deep and found strength through God (as only a true matriarch would).
	With God’s help, she taught us how to lift our heads again, smile again, and even laugh again!  These are a few reasons why Mrs. Ruby L. Banks is our world’s greatest mom.  
P.S.  We still watch her!
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	<title><![CDATA[My mom like yours is also IRREPLACEABLE!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:46:09 CDT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A mother's love is like no other. When you have that mothers instinct the love is endless. The love doesn't stop at your own, but expands to those in need of it. That is why there are some fantastic stories of wonderful mothers in this contest. There are several words to describe the best mom but IRREPLACEABLE sticks out to me. All moms are irreplaceable, nobody can replace your mom. It usually take becoming an adult to truly understand the sacrifices mom has made and the major role she has played and none less than the next mother. Every mom should be a winner including my mom Debbie. My mom has always put herself last on the list even though her health was not good. Money has always been an issue but she has made sacrifices to give us the best possible life. Her saying was thing always have a way of working out. This has stuck with me my whole life and has proven her right anytime a problem came up. Being the oldest I have watched her be the rock in all problems from wife to mom. She took care of my dad through kemo therapy and open heart surgery even though she was healing up from her own open heart surgery. Gracefully working out every problem life threw her way. With her open door policy,we have all ended up back at home at some point. She never complained or made us feel bad, just got us back on our feet so we could stand alone again. I ended up back at home after I had my son, so I got to see her be a grandmother and a mother to me again from the adult view I spoke of before. She taught me to care for my baby, to know his cries, needs, wants, and told me to love this gift from heaven unconditionally. With that said I knew why she was IRREPLACEABLE. Even though we have costed her unnecessary grief and money, we were her gifts from heaven and she didn't expect anything back but our love. I am out of the house again, married and raising my gift from heaven. I can only hope I can be the wife and mother she has been to us and make her proud. Now being on the outside looking in and truly understanding the sacrifices she has made, I watch her struggle still with money and her health and it hurts to see it. She has been trying to remodel their house for years a little at a time and with what money will allow, but something always seems to put a delay on their plans. Yet like I said, no complaining just her saying, things have a way of always working out. So for mother's day I would love for her to win this contest to prove her right once again. Our family loves our mother just as everyone that wrote the stories I read here today. Every story different than the next. Each story to convince the reader their mom is the best. Even though our moms are all different in ways, the one way they are for sure the same in our eyes is IRREPLACEABLE. Love and cherish your mothers with all your heart. Mom I love you always and forever and thank you for making me the woman I am today.  -Jen-]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[A Beautiful Mother to Model!!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:29:49 CDT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Words cannot express the immense love I have for my mother, Mary Brannon of Houston Texas.  Her journey of motherhood began 29 years ago when I was born.  Having been raised as an only child, I have always felt privileged to experience the effervescent love she gives me and others on a daily basis!  She embodies so many beautiful characteristics, that it is impossible to address them all.  But what stands out to me is how God has blessed a single woman with so many talents and gifts, to remain kind, light- hearted and humble in everything that she does.  A mother is not only a caretaker and provider, but also role model for her children.  I can truly say that my mother is someone I strive to emulate as I continue to mold myself.  
My mother uses her God given gifts of giving and service to others.  I have watched her support troubled friends financially as well as offering a place to live in times of transition.  She is the type to feel obligated to attend every birthday, funeral, and special moment in other people’s lives, and she does so with great cheer.  If no one else can attend, you can be assured that my mother will be there to support.  At age 65, she remains extremely active as President of our Church choir and various musical groups within Houston where she uses her God given talent of singing and playing the piano.  She has equally provided for me in every way imaginable, even when she didn’t know how to or wasn’t sure what to do.  She has supported me financially and emotionally through college (thousands of miles away) after my father (and her husband) passed away in 9th grade, and funded my experience to study abroad as well as obtain a higher education degree.  She has always done these things and more without me truly knowing how much of a strain it was on her…just so that I could get the experience she always wanted me to have.  She has provided guidance and encouragement to me when no one else has been there for me or understood my circumstance.  She’s patient, and great listener, and a firm believer in faith!    
Her life has not come without adversities!  To start, she fought and tried 8 years to have a child after doctors said she wouldn’t!  She has struggled through the loss of a family business with my father while nursed him back to health after he was severely burned from a car explosion.  I have watched her suffer debilitating illnesses twice in her life as well: one for two years where doctors misdiagnosed her condition, and just recently when she developed a spinal condition and other ailments where she has become semi-dependent on a walker.  She has battled through many, many challenges, and yet what I love most of all about my mother is that her spirit is consistently cheerful.  
She is the type of mother that everyone clings to when they meet her and they feel that she is their own.  Her spirit is ALWAYS gentle and welcoming.  When things go sour in her life, no one will know it…she keeps a strong faith, knowing that things WILL get better.  Her love for fellowship and laughter is contagious.  Through all of her adversities, she has been resilient, a true fighter and provider for myself, herself, and others!  Every day I look at her, I am so thankful to witness her character and spirit.  It is unbelievably moving.  If you could meet her, you would instantly acknowledge these same sentiments.
Mary Brannon is the greatest mom to me, not because of the things she has done for me, but because she has consistently provided a model of the type of mother I aspire to be one day.  I could not have asked for a better example of a mother, and for that, I cherish each and every day with her in hope that I can be the woman she wants me to be.  For these reasons and so many more, it would be an honor for you to consider my mother, Mary Brannon, as the World’s Greatest Mom.  

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	<title><![CDATA[This is the first time she asked..]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 14:53:36 CDT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Why is my mom the World's Greatest?

Because last week was the first time in 44 years my mom, a single mom for most of my
childhood, asked me to do something for her.

I am not sure what took so long!

She could have asked me to live without the latest clothes,  Schwinn bicycles, or Astroworld Season Passes, so she wouldn't  have to work 2 jobs... but she didn't ask.

I will never know why, as shy as she is, she didn't object to  sneaking into Earl Campbell's contract signing to get me  his very first autograph as a Houston Oiler. She could have
 gotten out of that one so easily.

 My bouts of self pity, selfishness, or lazy efforts could have  been met with reminders that she didn't pursue her dreams or  get to live in her dream house, or buy clothes that she wanted -
 instead they were met with understanding, encouragement and love.

 How she would have loved to have raised me in the  'time out' discipline era, but fortunately for me,  my well deserved punishments came before  that time - I needed it...often, she couldn't stand doing it,  but she did it and I'm thankful she did.

 Nor could I, her only child, have guessed then that going to college 10 hours away, or moving to California after college to build my career,
was causing her so much pain. She let me go, insisting that I was  making the absolute right decisions and then worried privately,
 and cried alone.

I am telling her why she's the Greatest in this contest, simply because SHE ASKED ME TO.
After all she has done for me over the years, she finally asked me to do this one little thing for her  (so I think she must really be ready to get some of that furniture she has lived without for so many years).
   
And I love her very much - that was not part of her request :)]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[Boldly go where no woman has gone before]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 13:54:06 CDT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[My Mom is the greatest ever not because of one single event but because of many events of motherhood that have culminated into one great life. If you asked her she would say that her life truly began the day I was born and she became a mother. She worked painstakingly hard as a single mother to make sure I was fed, housed, and well taken care of and at the same time made sure that I stayed out of trouble(which worked most of the time). Thanks to her, I feel like I have had a rewarding life and my wife and I have given my mother a chance to be a Grandmother. That for sure is a role she cherishes wholeheartedly. The best part is that she is able to be a loving Grandmother without being too overbearing and all knowing so as to not get in the way of my wife and I. This is the greatest trait that I could ask for because in a time where all Moms seem to be like Marie from "Everybody Loves Raymond" she has most definitely strayed away from that. Also, she is so loving with my son that it very easy to understand how I grew up so happy. So, this is my chance to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to a mother who is truly the greatest.]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[The meaning of Motherhood]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 12:14:18 CDT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[My name is Racheal Simon and I am 24 years old a mother of 3 and a native of New Orleans, LA. I am nominating myself because this would mean alot to me. I am an Anesthesia Tech by profession and I have a non-profit organization A Better Day Youth Program.  I am the sole funder of my organization and I love the reputation we have built. I don't have much but everything I do is for my children and other youth. I'm a strong youth and poverty activist, my kids are 1,5 and 10. My children are volunteers and they love it. I adopted my 5 year old from birth when I was 19 in New Orleans, LA. I have always had a passion for kids and helping others. I graduated college from Eastern College of Health Vocations as a Medical Assistant and I am currently a student at HCC in the Human Services Program. I am also a grantwriter, I will be teaching classes across Houston throughout this year. I love life because we can touch so many people beginning with just a smile and a greeting.]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[You'll understand when you're older]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 01:03:57 CDT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[As a child, your mom and dad often tell you "You'll understand when you're older" when they're telling you to do something you don't want to do. You might grumble or sigh, and eventually accept that you're going to do what they tell you, regardless of how you feel about it. But somewhere in the far reaches of your growing mind, a message is being archived, saved for use at a later time and date.

At 25, almost 26, I am now understanding all the lessons my mother taught me. My parents divorced when I was a toddler and I spent the majority of my time with my mother. She made me her world and I never felt less loved because I only had one parent around me at a time. Financial resources were slim, but through my mom's ingenuity, she always found scholarships that afforded me the opportunity to attend dance class or a sports camp we could otherwise not have afforded. She couldn't buy me brand name clothing, but she took to Target like a professional and made outfits that looked like a million bucks, even if they only cost $5. 

I tested her patience in a way only a mother could understand, and she taught me lessons about saving money, budgeting, timeliness, being presentable, and, most of all, being a good, giving, responsible person. ]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[My mother,best friend, nurse, and hero]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 23:34:59 CDT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[My mom and I have always been closebut never as we havethe past 13 months. My twin daughters were born 6 weeks early and she was by my side every painful day  while the girls were in the NICU. She was there to console me when I got the news of my girls was not going to make it. But she did make it! She was there when I got a painful infection and she became my nurse getting up early every morning to dress my wound and stayed up later to do the same for months never complaining. She was there when I was so exhausted with a colicky twin and a 2 year old who needed some attention. On of my girls has been hospitalized this year 5 times and she was there for comfort, meals, prayers and everytime she was sedated so I would not have to go it alone. The sad part of this story is that she is retiring and is moving away this month. I will so miss my best friend because se is the greatest! I would not have made it without her.]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[A Mother Like No Other!!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 23:33:29 CDT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[My mother Brenda is hands-down the greatest mom ever! For as long as I can remember, she's been putting the needs of others ahead of her own needs.  When I was 9, my father had his leg amputated following a trucking accident.  I remember my mother putting her plans for nursing school on hold to care not only for my disabled father, but for my 8-year-old sister and me as well.  
	When terminal cancer struck my great-grandmother, mom moved her into our home to live on hospice until her death 5 months later.  No matter what's going on in her life, mom never appears to have a "bad day".  No matter how tired she is or how swollen her feet are, none of that stops her from catering to her grandkids.  It's always funny to see her asleep in her recliner while her 4-year-old grandson is combing her hair & her 10-year-old granddaughter is reading her a story.
	Mom is 58-years-old now, and although she never got to attend nursing school, she's still the most "nurturing" person I know.  Not only is she easy to talk to, she's a great listener & I don't know what I'd do without her.]]></description>
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