Mother's Day contest results!

Ok the votes are in and I very happy to say Kim Gregor is the winner and below is her mother's story.

I've always know my mom was the best since I was little. Times were tough with five children but we never knew it. For months before Christmas my mom would secretly go to my parent's bedroom where she kept her sewing machine and forbid us to enter. We'd wake up Christmas morning with loads of presents under the tree that my mother lovingly made for all of us. We'd have doll clothes galore from scraps of fabric and we'd get new flannel pajamas every year.

Fifty years have passed since my first Christmas and my mother is still lovingly sewing gifts for all five of her children and her grandchildren. I have a beautiful quilt on a bed, another on the back of my sofa, and one on my chair with sayings about blessed daughters. I have been the one blessed to have such a wonderful mom. I had surgery a couple of years ago and while I was recuperating, I covered up with one of the quilts and felt my mom's love. She visited often and brought meals. She is always caring for others. If one of us gets sick, she still makes homemade chicken and dumpling soup to help us recover.

My mom has taught us what it means to be charitable. If someone is in need, she is always there to offer whatever she can. Children learn by imitation and she has also taught us the value of hard work. She cared for us without the modern conveniences we have today. She had a ringer washer, hung laundry outside on the clothesline, and canned all sorts of produce from our garden. After the youngest child was in high school, my mom got her first paying job. She can do anything she puts her mind to. Even though my parents didn’t have college degrees, my mom insisted I get my degree of which I am very thankful to have had all of that support.

A few months ago my mom suffered a stroke that left her with left-sided paralysis. She has showed us again that she can do anything and that hard work pays off. She faithfully does her exercises and is improving every day. She just finished crocheting a prayer shawl to donate to our church to give to someone who is ill. Soon, she will be totally independent again. She has taught me well and I have her to thank for the person I am today. This is why my mom is the best.