There are always going to be people who influence you, but they won’t always be there for you. My mom is my rock, she is that one person in my life that influences me and I know will always be there. She has been through so much in her life from losing her father to battling cancer. Also, she takes care of my family and supports me in everything that I want to do in life.
The first reason why my mom is a positive influence on my life is all of the battles that she overcame. When I was just an infant her father passed. My mother was very close to her father all throughout her life. It was hard for her to overcome that, and she still thinks about him today. She has many memories about her father. They would take long car rides through the busy city of Chicago in a red ford mustang, despite that she has 4 sisters her father would always make time for my mom.
Despite that she also battled cancer when I was fourteen, when she found out she was at stage four. She went through chemotherapy and radiation. I’ve never seen someone so sick like they were on their deathbed, so had almost no energy. Coming home from school she would be on bed rest, her face as pale as the white walls of a hospital. The room would smell like bleach and citrus and she would wear a bright blue, red, or a multi-colored scarf around her head because of the hair loss. Water was always by her side because of dehydration. She has overcome obstacles that many people do not normally face, and she is still able to balance a family along with them.
The second reason why my mom is an influence is her ability to take care of my family. She balances taking care of my sister, my brother, and me. My brother needs more attention because of his disability. She helps my brother with eating and getting ready for the day, and she always makes sure that he looks his best and that he is well put together. He always wears some sort of band t-shirt with dark colored jeans. My mom makes sure that he is always involved in activities like power soccer, baseball, and floor hockey. Even though she does all of that she also manages our family home inspection business alongside my father. She books the jobs and helps my dad with the paperwork. She also works another part-time job for families with kids with disabilities on top of that, and yet she still finds time for all of us.
The third reason why my mom is a big influence is that she supports everything that I want to do and be. She has always been my number one fan when it comes to my triathlons. When I would cross the finish line I would see her standing there holding a water in one hand and a banana in the other and then she would have a huge grin across her face and give me a hug as I collapse in her arms. I always have support from her with swimming in college because she knew that it was something that I always wanted to do. She was able to help me receive my scholarship because she knew that I could get one despite what my coaches had said in the past. My mom wants the best for all of us, and she will do anything she can to help us get where we want.
My mom has overcome many things in her life, but she always tells me that she doesn’t know what she would do without us in her life. My mom is the backbone of our family and she makes a huge impact on my family and my family makes an impact on my mom. She is always the one that we go to for anything and we know that she will always be there.
