A Tribute to my Mother

Here is another speech I wrote for speech class!

She is my best friend who’s always got my back, she is the shield that protects me from harm, she is the motivational speaker who fills me with inspiration, when I need someone to lean on, she is a shoulder to cry on, she is all these things and more, she is my mother. Life wouldn’t be the same without Sandy standing by, and no one deserves more praise than my mom. It’s not what she does for me that makes her so special, but it’s what she teaches me that makes her one of a kind. She has taught me to be a forgiving, kind and loving person. So today, I am going to tell you about my mom and how she embodies a forgiving, kind and loving character.
I am a major klutz. And unfortunately, it never fails that when my mom goes out of town that I will break or trash something of hers by accident. I have broken my mom’s brand new cups, collector items, tea pots, TV, wedding pictures and the list goes on. I always panic and rush to try and mend what I have destroyed before she can make the disastrous discovery, but in the end she always seems to find out. I can remember one time, my mom had this collector’s tea light holder sitting on the living room table, and of course, I had to knock it off the table and break it. I rushed to Home Hardware and bought ceramic glue to patch it all up. I thought I was in the clear because time went by and there was no mention of a broken collector’s item. But then, three years later my mom asked me about my dirty little secret. My mom was neither upset nor mad, and I was shocked, because it was something I had kept from her, she just told me it wasn’t the end of the world, and that it’s just “stuff.” This has taught me so much about forgiveness, because no matter how big or small what I have done is, my mom will forgive me and not hold a grudge. She has taught me that holding grudges is not worth the energy because in the end, by holding a grudge, you may be losing out on something more valuable, like a great friendship, than what was actually broken.
My mother is not just forgiving; she is the kindest person I know. She will go the extra mile for you and put your needs before hers, and whenever I am feeling distressed or miserable, Sandy will go out of her way to make me feel better. Have you ever experienced that nauseating, overwhelming and exhausting feeling you get when you can’t cry anymore because you’ve cried so much that there are no tears left. Well sadly, this has happened to me, and it is so horrible, but actually that feeling is not what I remember most about that day, what I remember most about that day is the kind things my mom had done to make me feel better. I dragged myself out of my dark room into the kitchen where I was met with the aroma of my mom cooking my favourite dinner for me. She had even bought me a bouquet of the most stunning stargazer pink and white lilies that I had ever seen. My mom rushed over to me and gave me a big hug and told me that it was going to be ok. That’s all I needed to feel better, it was these small little acts of kindness that changed the way I felt. My mom has a unique gift in that she is always able to make me feel better no matter what, her positive attitude and fun-loving personality is a contagious disease; you just can’t help but smile and feel better.
My mother’s contagious personality is accompanied by her never ending supply of love. There are no limits to a mother’s love and my mother is no exception to this. Even the modest things my mom does, illustrates just how much she loves me. Whenever I go and visit her in Lethbridge, she has bags and bags full of healthy groceries for me. When I tell her that it’s too much, she always tells me she would never want me to go without. And maybe this may seem simple and silly to some, but it always makes me feel loved and cared for. I know my mother would drive until the end of the earth to make sure that I was okay, swim across the ocean to be there when I needed her, or climb the highest mountain just to visit with me because she loves me.
My mom is the ice cream to my cake and the cement to my foundation. She is a person who has not only taught me about forgiveness, kindness and love, but also a person who represent’s these very characteristics. She is an exceptional mother and a dedicated and amazing best friend and quite the babe. I have learned so much from her, and as long as I have her, I know I’ll never be alone. My only hope is that I could grow up to be just like her.