"Who are you to tell me that I don't love you? I carried you for nine months and this is the thanks that I get!" "Let me tell you about love, Miss know it All! I'm beating you not only because you did something wrong but because I love you and if I didn't you wouldn't understand. And it is also to show you that love comes in all different shapes ahd form."

The person I admire the most is my mother, Ms.Flora. Not only is she my mother, but she's my best friend. My mother grew up on a small island in the Caribbean called St. Lucia. She was one of five children who lived in a two room house which no indoor plumbing. She never once complained about the thins she had and the things she wished she had. She made do in order to help support

Determination can get you anywhere. My mother's determination led her from where she really wanted to be, which was with her family. Growing up so fast helped my mother grow wise in many ways. Being a teacher and then a police officer were just two of my mother's greatest accomplishments. Determination led her to the United States in search of a better way of life and more education. Through the help of friends and family, Ms. St. Paul made it to the U.S.A. There was another task that she had to face: how would she support herself and the family she had left behind. So my mother became a live-in-maid. That job paid her just enough money to survive. It was a long and hard struggle, but with determination she over came it. She then got married. Ms. Bledman made everything work through strength and deter

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