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Introducing... my idol!
And for me that would have to be my mom.
But sorry, no pictures. She'd just kill me.
Things I admire about my idol
- She's warm, unselfish, and showers her family with love, all the time.
- She's incredibly hardworking. My mom grew up on a farm, picking corn, milking cows, and bailing hay. Even as she closes in on 60, she spends her days out chopping wood for my grandparents or wallpapering my nephew's nursery.
- She appreciates beautiful and simple things -- in particular flowers and the beach.
- Her capacity for empathy is astounding. As such, everyone who meets her immediately loves her. She teaches English to strangers and has spent years volunteering for Habitat for Humanity.
- She's just plain thoughtful. Remembers everyone's birthdays, is always ready with a frozen dinner when someone's in the hospital, you get the picture.
- She's creative. Landscape design is one of her strengths, but she's no slouch at photography, either.
Some of My Mom's Favorite Books
Hydrangeas for American Gardens
Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 09/05/2008)
Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniques
Amazon Price: (as of 09/05/2008)
Mama Day
Amazon Price: $11.16 (as of 09/05/2008)
The Secret Life of Bees
Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 09/05/2008)
A List of My Mom's Favorite Things
- West Virginia, where she's from (and the West Virginia Mountaineers, of course)
- Anything and everything Christmas
- Jello, pretzels, lobster, tabouli, pineapple, and those hard, heart-shaped candies people eat at Valentine's Day
- Shopping
- Gardening
- Watching "Hardball"
