Sunday is Mother's Day. Tell us about your mother. What makes her special?

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My Mom's passing was in 1986, it still seems like it was yesterday. She raised five of us kids and was always there when we came home from school. She knew how to run a household and do what needed to be done to make our house a home.

Mom didn't live without her own baggage of emotional issues, which affected her personally and how she handled relationships with her children. Growing up; I never heard "I love you," I never received any hugs or any expressions of love from Mom. My childhood to me was filled with stress, fear, emptiness and...