Chapter
Thirteen
Mother
– My Mom
My
mom’s name is Jo and she was born in Beloit, WI on March 20th,
1959. Her parents stayed married, although her dad is deceased. She
grew up in a small house outside of Clinton, WI before moving into
town when she was four, and she is the youngest of four children.
Ever since my mom was young she was a hard worker, just like her
mother. She did excellent in school, getting straight A’s in all
of her subjects except for Physical Education. She was a typical
book worm. As far as I know, her and my dad were raised completely
different and they themselves were of two opposite polarities. She
was such a good girl. She never got into any kind of trouble and
always held a decent enough job to survive. Not long after high
school, her and my dad married in 1978. They didn’t have an
extravagant wedding or anything, but instead were annulled at the
local courthouse. The funny thing to me is they went to my Uncle’s
farm and my dad went squirrel hunting on their “honeymoon”. I
still can’t get over that today.
Although my mom grew up with her
father drinking heavily, she did not inherit the gene that made her
an alcoholic. She never drank heavily or got involved in drugs
either. She’s always been the foundation to our family. She’s
so strong and has so much willpower. She worked full-time at General
Motors building trucks from 1986 until 2008 when they shut the
assembly plant down. She took an early retirement then and decided
to return to school to study in the medical field. While working at
G.M. she would also attend all of our school events such as band
concerts and she even traveled to Washington D.C. with all three of
us kids when we had our 8th
grade D.C. trips. When she returned to school she soon realized how
much she loved it. She told me how much she wished she had continued
in college after high school but she needed to work to help support
our quickly growing family. Since returning to college she’s
gotten a degree in phlebotomy and has since decided to continue
getting her degree in Medical Administration. She is still attending
college right now and has two more semesters to go. She’s the type
of person who enjoys school so much that she would probably continue
attending if she didn’t have to pay for it.
When she isn’t
attending college she enjoys gardening both in the vegetable garden
and her flower garden. Sometimes she even goes to my sister’s
house and helps in her garden and to my grandma’s house to help in
her garden too. She also spends lots of time with my niece and
nephew, her only two grandchildren. I consider her to be the example
of the best mom someone could be, and that’s not because she’s my
mom. I’ve always been able to talk to my mom about anything and
she’s always been there for me. If you ask her for her honest
opinion about something she will give you exactly that, her honest
opinion. But she’s always been a loving, warm-heart and caring
person. No one could ever replace her. I’ve done some pretty
awful things in my life and I’ve had a lot of people turn their
backs on me because of who I’d become, but she stuck by my side
through everything. She has always been there to help me when I
needed help.
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