My Mom

Patty draws outline figures of her mother

Illustrations by Patty Smith

Here are a few words about the lady that gave me so much encouragement. I wouldn’t have been what I am today if not for my mom and the rest of my family.

She taught me values and she also taught me how to love other people. 

When I was a little girl, the thing that inspired me the most about my mom, was that she would let me decide to try to make up my mind, just what I wanted to be when I grew up. She would try to explain and give examples of just how life was. Rules to live by. 

Me and my sister and brothers grew up with mom’s sisters and brothers. She was head of the family. 

She’s been dead for 4 years now and I missed her this Mother’s Day.

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