My mom is my best friend. She's funny, kind, smart, helpful, and so amazing! She's always been the person my sisters and I could go to for help or advice. I love spending time with her, just talking and having fun together. I love her so much and I am so lucky that she is my mom!

My mom is my best friend, my rock and my role model. She is kind , funny sweet, loyal and the most genuine person. She is very generous and always there to listen, and lend a hand whenever I need it. I can go always go to her with my problems, or whenever I need advice. I love spending time with her! People always tell us how much we look alike and that we have the same laugh! My mom is truly the best!!

I LOVE MY MOM! SHE IS MY BESTFRIEND! AND CONFIDANT! SHE IS MY HERO! SHE WENT THROUGH SOOO MUCH IN HER LIFE I REALLY LOOK UP TO HER! FROM BEING A SINGLE MOM TO GOING THROUGH NUMEROUS DEATHS OF HER CLOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS,FROM RAISIN TWO KIDS ONHER OWN,AND GOING THROUGH A HORRIBLE DIVORCE.SHE IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN HER COMMUNITY.SHE IS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HELPING THE POOR AND EDUCATNG WOMEN ABOU HIV/AIDS I WANNA BE LIKE HER WHEN I GROW UP A STRONG BLACK WOMAN WHO HELPS PEOPLE SHE IS SO BLESSED

There is no one like my mom. Every year, when Mothers' Day rolls around I am reminded of how lucky I am to have gotten such a wonderful mom. She is my rock. Always supportive and always there for me. And each and every year I am so thankful for her! I only wish I could find a way that would appropriately thank her for all she's done for me. I know I could never properly repay her with anything other than love, but a girls gotta try ;)

As cliched as it is, my mom is the best. She was there for us through out our lives and made sure that we had everything we needed. She worked hard to make our house a home and make sure that we were taken care of. It wasn't easy with 7 kids in the house, but she was able to make it work. My mother has worked hard in the community and is now semi-retired and doing what she wants-riding horses.

My mom is amazing! After starting out as a single teen mom, she managed to finish her degree. After she took time off from her career to raise me she finally started to get back into her field as a nurse. She worked hard to get all her certifications renewed and then quickly was promoted. Most recently she went back to school and got her Masters degree all the while working full time. She is amazing and strong and an inspiration to me that I can accomplish anything and I know I don't thank her enough for that.

My mom is my best friend and role model. After having me, she had my brother and two sisters who are triplets and still managed to maintain a full time job as a partner in a corporate law firm. She never missed a concert, horse back riding show, dance recital, or baseball game all while still going to work everyday at least from 9-5 but usually later. She always made time to talk to us on the phone if we needed her and was always able to give good advice and take care of us. Even now, she is taking a day off to come and pick me up from college all while handling my brother and sisters going to prom, taking AP exams, and working on their college decisions. I can tell my mom anything and she will always support and love me. It means the world to me to have her in my life. She is everything to me and everything I could ever want in a mom.

My mother is the one who has helped me become what I am today. She maybe different in thinking and many things, but without her I would never be the person I am. She is the one always advising me about life, and I turn to her whenever faced with difficult choices. She is the one who calms me down, and shows all sides of the picture. She destresses me, and tells me that this is not the end of life. She is halfway around the world and I miss her.

My Mom lives overseas, returning every 6 months and will be here in a week. She comes home (back to the states) when ever I have a problem. When I was a teen she would come home if some idiot broke my heart or I missed her too much. (I did not want to live in Saudi Arabia, so she let me go to boarding school in my hometown in FL). When I had my son who is now 10 months old (her 7th grand baby) she came home, she stayed longer helping me because he was airlifted to a children's hospital in Atlanta where he had heart surgery (came out good as new, well better than new) but she had to cancel her ticket costing her thousands of dollars. Anyway to sum it up she has always been my rock my best friend and no matter how many times I have pushed her away she never went very far. She is deserving because she is so selfless, putting her children and husband before her needs and desires and this would be a nice way to just let her have a day for herself.

My Mommy is my Best Friend. I just moved away from her in New Mexico to Chicago and I miss her so much!! I talk to her everyday just for a good morning hello or an I Love You. She is my rock and makes me so happy. Without my mom and her advice I would be lost. Love You Mommy!! You make me a better person just being you!!

After battling with many different health problems, and dealing with my younger brother who has autism, my mother has remained strong. she is my inspiration, even if we don't always get along. She has let me express myself in healthy and creative ways, and has guided me to make correct choices in life. She's so incredible, homeschooling two children, fostering kittens, being president of our towns parks and rec. committee. She never takes even a minute for herself. She deserves this so much, She's generous, beautiful on the inside an out, , and can admit to any of her flaws. i love her :)

My mother died 6 years ago. She battle cancer for 3 years before finally it took her over. I was able to see her 2 weeks before she died. She had the opportunity to meet her 2 grand kids. My son is old enough to remember, however by baby girl was only a few months old. It breaks my heart everyday to know that they will never be able to witness her greatness. In her community she developed a program for safety with car seats, it turned out to be one of the biggest city sponsored events in Oak Harbor WA. When she was in the military she was decorated as the number one Air Force instructor in the country. Most of all...she was my mother. The one person I could call everyday with what ever I needed her for and she would answer and tell me everything was going to be ok. Every mother's day I hold on to my children as tight as I can because I miss her and want them to know she is watching over them just as she watches over me...even today. I always think of what mom would say if I were to call her now...She loves me...just as I love mine and no woman can ever understand that until she is a mother, what true unconditional love is. All I can do is give my babies exactly what she had given to me....

My mother is amazing. She is my rock, my best friend, my hero. She has done so much for our family. She has been the glue that held us together after the death of my younger brother after four months of life, when my father lost his job, quit the job after that and the third job he obtained. She supported her four children through six moves and 3 different schools. She has taught me to never give up or give in. My mother went back to college after 20 years to finish her degree in psychology, get her teaching certification and to receive a master's degree. My mother's career as a special education teacher enriches so many more lives than just those of her family's. She has fought so many battles to secure good lives for her kids. She fights with my two brother's colleges and my own college to make sure we have enough financial aid to make it through the year, that each department receives the files that had been sent 100 times and that each of her children has an opportunity to succeed in life. My mom deserves to be treated like a queen for a day. My mother is a beautiful engaging wonderful woman. I love my mommy so much and would be so lost with out her.

my mom rocks. she is cher from mermaids. quite crazy, full of love and considered finger food dinner. and wouldn't have wanted it any other way :-)

My mother has been there for me through thick and thin. With out her I would be lost. I love her and she does so much for me, especially when i was growing up. Now that I'm older I realize just how amazing she is. If there's one important thing I've learned from her is that I can change my stars and be whatever I want. She's been my hero, for so long. She supoprts our family, and gives all her time to us and making the family happy. I feel as though for once I want her to be treated as best as possible. She does so much and gives so much. I would like to give her somthing to show how truly amazing my mother is. I love her with all of my heart.

My mom means the world to me. She is my role model,best friend,hero and inspiration. For the past twenty years she has taught me so much about the true pleasure of lives. I have watched her fight for love and fight for my family. She is truly everything anyone could ever ask for in a parent. I have made so many mistakes growing up and she has always stuck through everything with me. She works so hard for my family, she is always there when we need anything help with our homework,money problems and even relationship problems. She's been there for me through the most worse heart attacks ever. I truly admire everything that women does for my brother, sister and I. There has never been a time when she hasn't put us first. I always look forward to mothers day because it is a celebration for every mother out there. Although we use this one day to show how much we appreciate our mothers and we should be doing it everyday. My mom has made me who I am today. I'm strong minded and very thankful to have someone like her in my life. i love her with all my heart. <3

My 'first' mother passed away three weeks before my 13th birthday, leaving me, my 10, 9 and 1 & 1/2 year old sisters to be raised by our Daddy. Then along came my Mom. She is 10 years older than our Dad and already had raised three children of her own who were all living on their own. My Mom came in to our family's life to help our Father raise three pre-teenage girls and a baby in diapers ... and she never looked back. For that and so much more, I believe that she should win this contest. Heaven knows our family has already won so much more by having her in our lives! She truly is my Mother and my best friend!

Brave, heroic, strong, loving, kind, these are just a few words I would use to describe my mom. She is my everything to be blunt. She grew up in an abusive family living in Mexico. When she was fourteen years old, she and her family came to the states as citizens. She wanted nothing more than to learn English in order to become a citizen. Her hard work and perseverance paid off and she says that it was one of the best days of her life. Although she still had family issues, she stayed strong and took care of her six brothers and sisters while her mom went to work. She gave up her childhood to take care of them and make sure everything went well. She moved to Flagstaff, Arizona to get her associates degree. There, she married and divorced my father. leaving her to take care of my brother and I by herself. I'm not quite sure how she finds the time in a day to do all she does, but she does it. She has always done it, and will as long as we may need. She is the woman that takes in any child in need of a place to stay until they get on their feet, she is the woman that gives everything to everyone else and not caring what she gets in return, she is the most loving human being I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and growing up with.
When my brother was 13 he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, he had gotten to the point where he didn't respect or care what my mom's rules were nonetheless what she thought, this just made her stronger. While most people would have given up, she tried knew things all the time. One day however, she went home and there he was, ditching school. He began yelling at her and getting more and more angry, when finally, he blew. He threw everything he could find at my mom, she ended up in the hospital and he in juvenile detention. The thing is though, now that he is 29 years old, she forgave him, she just loves and cares for him, all she really cares for is his safety. She is such an extraordinary human being which is why I admire her so much. She went from nothing, to doing well off with more responsibility than before. She. is my rock, my heart, and my soul, but most of all, she is my mom. The person I love regardless of what happens and admire more than the richest most famous person on the planet.

My mom is a PHENOMENAL women. She is not only my role model but my soldier, my advocate, my hug, my heart, she's the greatest piece of me. She is the brightest, spontaneous and courageous woman that I will ever meet. My mom was sexually abused when she was younger but never let that stop her from living her life to the best that she could live it. She was married at 18, divorced by 19 and date-raped at 21 and had my second brother-- not even that could stop her. With two kids and barely any money, riding her bike with one of my brothers on her front the other on her back, she worked her way through college graduating with a bachelors degree in social work and a minor in Spanish. Before having me, she competed and won the title of Miss Black Arizona in the early 90's; after having me at 30, she competed again and grabbed her title. My mom's early years were not the end of her struggles and neither was it the end of her determination.

She married my father and suffered through domestic abuse for 4 years before she found the strength to leave which is not an easy feat. My mother gave me everything she could, her intelligence included, teaching me to read at 2 1/2 years old and 1 year at a private school because she wanted me to have a good start. She drove me 75 miles a week to a better school district killing 3 cars in 3 years. I wish I could say that my mom did not have it hard but I'm glad that I have her strength in me. In 2000, my grandmother had a quadruple bypass, a stroke which paralyzed her left side and was then diagnosed with Breast Cancer, within that year, my mom gave up her time, her job and her own well-being to take care of my grandmother. My mom now suffers from chronic back pain, where 3 different places in her back are fusing together from straining to lift my ailing grandmother, there is no possible way to repair her back without damaging her nerves.

As I write this comment, I am crying because I know my mom deserves it and it would mean more than anything to show my mom how much she deserves it. Mother's day is not another day for my family, it is our time to show my mom how much we appreciate her sacrifices and unconditional love. Peggy Sue deserves this reward, even though it isn't equal to what she's done it's my way of telling the world what kind of gift I am blessed with as a mother. For the pageant she competed in, my mom's talent was her recitation of the poem, PHENOMENAL WOMAN... and it's so true:

"Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me."

My mom is phenomenal, and I am so glad that she made me.

May 15th marks 9 years since my mother passed. It is always a sad time, and at the time, it was only 2 days after mothers day.....and now, a day before the birth of my baby. Bittersweet every year.
My mother was wonderful. BUT it is not my mother I would like to nominate, but, my little sister. This Mothers day will be her first with her new son.......She has tried will all her heart and soul to be everything OUR mother ever was. She has climbed mountains. She recently graduated nursing school (our mother was a nurse) and she has MORE compassion, for life, for her child, for me, for our mother's memory and for her patients that I could ever dream of. If anyone deserves something for all they ARE its her. She is my rock. And in her eyes, in her actions and in her soul, I see our mother. She makes me Proud. And SHE is nominated for everything she is driven to be and everything she is. She is amazing.

May 15th marks 9 years since my mother passed. It is always a sad time, and at the time, it was only 2 days after mothers day.....and now, a day before the birth of my baby. Bittersweet every year.
My mother was wonderful. BUT it is not my mother I would like to nominate, but, my little sister. This Mothers day will be her first with her new son.......She has tried will all her heart and soul to be everything OUR mother ever was. She has climbed mountains to be where she is. She recently graduated nursing school (our mother was a nurse) and she has MORE compassion, for life, for her child, for me, for our mother's memory and for her patients that I could ever dream of. If anyone deserves something for all they ARE its her. She is my rock. And in her eyes, in her actions and in her soul, I see our mother. She makes me Proud. And SHE is nominated for everything she is driven to be and everything she is. She is amazing.

I don't even know where to start with why my mom is so amazing. I'm pretty sure if you looked up the definition of a mom you would find her there along with a picture of her...smiling, of course, she's always smiling. and she says she does that because she has nothing in life to be upset about. she's my rock, my core, and my support system. no matter what i have done she has always been there to support me, no matter how stupid the choice i have made. she doesn't always agree with my choices, but she supports me to the best of her ability. i recently went through a divorce and in order for that to happen i had to move back home, with my 2 year old son, she's been amazing through it all. her and my dad have been married for 32 years so far and because of that and because of strong of a mother, friend, wife, and person she is, i know if i can be 1/100th of the person she is i will make this world a better place. she is always doing for others and never for herself. it's a rare moment when she takes a day off of her 7 day work week and actually does something solely for herself, for her own enjoyment. i would love to see her take this certificate and spend a day on herself. pampering herself and know that even though it's just a fraction of what she deserves, that she does in fact deserve it and everyone in her life truely loves her and is a better person just by knowing her.

You said people could still enter 'til Friday morning, but no specific time. If this is too late, oh well, that's fine (=

I love and trust my mother more than anything. I know that she is not a perfect person, but I wouldn't change a thing about her. She's helped me learn to be myself, to respect others, to love life, to think for myself. I hope to be as wonderful a mother as she is, someday. I have always wished that there was something I could do for her hip. It's been dislocated all her life.

Despite that difficulty, she has always found ways to still have fun. The brace she had as a child prevented her from being able to pedal a bicycle without her legs. What she did was lay her stomach on the seat, and pedal with her hands. She never, ever let her disability get in the way of her life. I'm proud of that. It teaches me that no matter what happens, so long as I put my mind to it, I will find a way to do what I want in life.

Even though I'm going through college now, and preparing to enter the real world, I still learn valuable life lessons from her. Still receiving love from her, and dad.

I love my mother. I hope to have many more fond memories down the road of Life with her.