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Spalon Montage: Top 10 Mother's Day Essays
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Top 10 Essays
Essay #1
My mother has been the concrete base in my life for more reasons than I can explain. Her loving and giving personality nourished my brother and I through childhood and have developed our characteristics and values of working hard to earn what you get. My mother has been teaching children for years, working as a Special Education teacher and helping to spread her passion of literature as an elementary school librarian. She is constantly on her feet and working till everything is finished. Her love not only shows in her profession, but also at home. She, along with my father, provided a roof over our heads and plenty of food on the table. The family is an important part of her life. She has supported the decisions my brother and I have made. She picks us up when we fall and keeps us working towards our goals. She has taught us how life is, but instilled in us the need to work for it. This may all seem great, but looking at her life growing up, I feel she is truly a "Superwoman!" Due to my grandfathers job, she has lived in over five states. She has buried both her mother, who lost a battle to cancer, and a father, who died of heart disease. Through it all, she was strong and made our family proud. I am unable to spend time with the woman who shaped my life because I live 1000 miles away. I can tell her everyday I love her, but to be able to spend an entire day with her would be priceless. She is a wondrous woman who has given me the world. She is a real role model and I am proud to say is my mother


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Essay #2
A life filled with service to others. That is how I would describe my mom’s selfless lifestyle. She has worked full-time as a nursing instructor for 35 years and is a personal example of leading a life towards helping others. She has contributed monetarily and also through time spent with others in need. Here are a few highlights of these experiences: Tanzania,Africa, July-August, 2005. She organized and took 10 nursing students for a service-learning trip to learn first-hand about the health issues in a developing country and to help the sisters there in whatever way they could--in the orphanage, gardens,kitchen, dispensary/clinic. Mexico- January of 2000, 2004, & 2006. She organized these trips and brought students for two weeks, with a focus on social justice, especially among the poor. She was also instrumental at initiating a new semester-long study abroad program in the fall of 2002 to Mexico. She was the first instructor for the semester program and incorporated learning Spanish, and doing service-learning in Cuernavaca, again focusing on issues of social justice. In addition, she traveled to Israel and Palestine in May 2001 for two weeks, to learn first-hand about the issues in the Israel-Palestine conflict, using a discussion focus called 'compassionate listening' to listen to the stories of people directly involved in and affected by the conflict. I cannot think of a person more deserving than my mom. She is always putting other peoples needs first, and I think it would be wonderful for someone to pamper her for once. She is an inspiration to the people around her and especially her family. I hope you will consider her for your "Dream Day Retreat." Thank you. Michelle Tanner


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Essay #3
I lost my mom when I was 12yrs old she was a single mom of 4, and most of my life she was battleing cancer.I to became a single mom at a young age. I didn't have anyone there to teach me how to be a mom, or go to my graduations or just be there to support me. I never knew what i was missing untill I met Karen. I met karen in 2003 she also lost her mom when she was a young girl.karen is much older than me. shes 59 yrs old she also has a daughter thats in her thirtys, but she suffers from schizopherenia. unfortunatly karen could never have a mother daughter relationship with her daughter due to her illness. I due believe that we both needed each other and some how found our way to each other, I need a mother she needed a daughter. I appreciate everything that she has done for me. I recieved my first present for my birthday from her when I turned 25 that was huge, because I couldn't remember the last time someone bought me something. when my son was 7 he asked her if he could call her grandma, because he didn't have one. Karen is an amazing person gives everything and anything to the people she loves. I am currently in school right now to become a police officer and I can never afford a great gift to give her on mothers day because money is so tight. I would love the opportunity to be able to give her something to remember me by, because shes given so much to me to remember. Karen is truely a mother to admire. thank you for your time.


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Essay #4
My mom taught my sister and I how to take care of ourselves and to take care of other people. She is fabulous and beautiful and strong. Fifteen years ago, she had her first mastectomy and go around with chemotherapy. This spring, she had another mastectomy and is undergoing chemotherapy again. She sells antiques, is busy mastering her new sewing machine, spends time playing with her dog Coco, takes care of my grandmother, and last night I shaved her head because her hair is falling out. If I didn't have a mom, I wouldn't have to go through this. If I didn't have her for a mom, and all she's taught me about being strong and fierce and standing up even when it's hard, I couldn't go through this.


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Essay #5
I can think of countless words to describe my mother: caring, friendly, fun, compassionate, beautiful, and many more. Yet my thoughts always return to the word that describes her best: “giving”. My mother gives of her entire self; to her family, friends, and her patients at work. She never forgets a birthday, always has the perfect Christmas gift picked out, and never misses a single game or event of her two children or five stepchildren. However, in all of this giving, she tends to leave one person out – herself. Some of the way in which she gives are simple, such as always being the last person to sit down at the dinner table ensuring everyone has what they need or picking up my favorite cereal when I am home for the weekend. While others are more of a sacrifice, for instance as a single mother when I was young she worked two jobs as an x-ray tech to ensure that my sister and I were able to continue in sports, choir, and go to summer camp. More recently, she spent every day sitting by her best friend’s hospital bed during her friend’s last days. Yet through it all she never complains and never stops. I was instructed this Mother’s Day to give her absolutely no gifts since I am graduating from medical school and funds are low. However, I want to show her how much I appreciate all that she has done for me and others. Therefore, I can think of no better way to honor her this Mother’s Day than with a gift that highlights both her inner and outer beauty. A day to relax, be pampered and rejuvenate is what she deserves and what she needs to get back to doing what she does best: giving.


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Essay #6
As I child I was always welcomed home from school by my mother with a loving hug, a kind smile and cookies and milk on the table. My mother may not have had a well manicured hand or a trendy hair cut, but that was her sacrifice to her children. I knew that instead of being pampered and massaged, she had taken the time to make chocolate chip cookies for me, and peanut butter ones for my brother who didn't like chocolate chip ones. Instead of spending a hundred dollars on a nice haircut, she spent the money on a picnic at the zoo for not only me and my brothers, but any neighborhood kid who wanted to come. Looking back now, I understand that these were her sacrifices. Her profound gestures of love, were really her manicures and massages offered up for us kids. Today, it is more than ten years later and my mother continues to make sacrifices for her kids and others. Somehow, she still manages to work a physically demanding, full time job so that my older two brothers and myself can attend college, but she still makes it home in time to have cookies and milk on the table when my youngest brother returns from school. For all her sacrifices and all her love, I would like to show her just how much I appreciate each and every cookie, every hug after a bad day and, even today as a college kid, the love and sacrifices which she gives to me. I wish that I could afford just one of the lovely pampering spa treatments at Spalon Montage, but I can't. So I'm asking for everyone to sacrifice a little something along with me, and help make my mom feel loved this mother's day.


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Essay #7
Hello, my mom's name is Debbie. It would definetly take more than 300 words to describe my mom. My mom is a giver. She does anything for everyone. My mom is not one to be center of attention. She likes to hang in the shadows. The last 3 years have been especially hard. My parents divorced and this past October my mom was diagnosed with leukemia. My mom is the healthiest person I know, so when we got that news of course it was total shock. My mom has been living in the cities in the hospital or at her sisters for the past 7-8 months. Dealing with losing her hair and body changes from meds has been really difficult for her. Through all that has happened she has kept such a positive attitude about everything. Whatever is thrown her way she fights through and just keeps going. There is a quote that my mom was introduced too when she was diagnosed. "God doesn't give us what we can't handle , but helps us handle what we are given." She truly believes this saying has helped her get through these tough times. She truly is the most unselfish person I have every met. The hardest part of my mom getting sick for her was the fact that she was going to miss so much work. My mom is an x-ray tech at the hospital in Montevideo. For 30yrs she has been helping and serving people. She misses her patients dearly. All she can think about is getting better quickly so she can go back to work. This would be the ultimate gift for mother's day. It would definetly top it off, we just found out she is cancer free. What a way to celebrate this would be. Thank you!!!!!!


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Essay #8
I would like to nominate my mother in law Pam. I feel so lucky to have a woman like her in my life. I think it is always hard when you blend someone new into your family, but in this family I have always felt welcomed, loved and that I can be exactly who I am. I have never felt like I needed to be fake or different to fit in. I think that is a very rare thing to find. She is fun, outgoing and the first one to help someone else in need. Recently, I was put on bed rest with in my eighth month of pregnancy. Pam was the first one over cooking dinner and checking in on me on her lunch breaks to make sure that I am doing well and not going stir crazy. This past weekend the entire family came over on a Saturday night and cooked dinner and told stories and we laughed until we almost cried. They are all looking forward to the first grandchild so they pitch in and take care of me very well. I could not be more grateful for their love and care. This family, is held together by Pam's love and persistance. I honestly find it hard to put into words why someone is deserving of something like this. So all I can say, is that she has changed my life, loved me like her own and shown me that I am more than good enough to be a part of her family. And who could ask for more than that?


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Essay #9
My mother deserves some R&R! In the early years, she was a single working mother to me while putting herself through college. They were 'lean' times in every sense of the word; when she would take me out for a special treat, Mom would order a hamburger and small fries for us to share because that was all we could afford. In the middle years, Mom found happiness with my stepdad and had two more daughters. Never wanting to infringe on others, but still hoping to offer her daughters every opportunity, Mom sold a childhood coin collection to pay my way on a vacation with extended family. She taught us to see 'opportunities' rather than 'challenges'. Mom always worked in her field to establish her own independence, but also to show her three daughters that women are valuable not just to their children but to society as a whole. Mom could set priorities and be at every school performance or t-ball game, while still bringing her 'girls' along to career events and to the office. But through these years there wasn't much time Mom had for herself, to rejuvinate her soul. Time flew by. Now in semi-retirement, and despite her own health issues, Mom has started a volunteer program to help children of incarcerated mothers. Seeing these children as innocent victims suffering through difficult circumstances, Mom was motivated to provide what help she could to them. She sews baby blankets and assembles boxes of small necessities for the children to be given when they visit their moms. All of this in the hope of instilling a sense of comfort and to encourage mothers to value their children above all else. Mom has given freely of herself for so many years, yet has never visited a spa. Let's send her today!


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Essay #10
Here is my description of what my Mom and the SPALON RETREAT mean to me. Moms are the BEST! I know that without mine having given to me all the: wisdom, friendship, trust, faith, discipline and LOVE that she did, that I wouldn't be the Mom I am today! Her greatest gift she has ever given me is her TIME! I hope that this SPALON RETREAT can give her some time of her own! Thanks MOM! SELFLESS - She is the most selfless person! PATIENCE - One of her best gifts ever! APPRECIATED - I can never show her enough! LIFE - She gave it & taught me to LIVE it! OTHERS - She puts them first every day! NEEDED - How she makes us feel every day! RELIABLE - Whenever I need her-she's there! EVERYONE ELSE - She puts other before her! TEACHER - I can't think of a better one! RESPECT - Shows it for herself and others! EFFORT - Gives it to everything she does! ANGEL - She is my heaven on earth ANGEL! THANKFUL - How she makes me feel to call her my MOM!


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