The Person I Admire

The person I admire most is my mother. She was a positive influence upon me, and she always found the good in a person instead of finding the bad which is so easy to do. My mother was my sounding board, and I would always run ideas by her first before acting upon them. I miss being able to do that and I have found myself thinking about what she would say to me in a given situation. My mother let me make my own decisions and supported me throughout my life. I admired her ability to get up every day and give me a little history lesson. Her memory was incredible! She would tell me who was born on that day or something that had happened on that day. She was a wonderful story teller and also an encyclopedia of information. She had me when she was forty and had already lived a full life, but I never tired of hearing her stories. I miss her very much, but hopefully I have passed on some of her wonderful stories and memories to my children. Some day I hope to write a children's story and include some of her anecdotes. I think children would enjoy it very much.