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My Mother is a Saint

My mother is a saint. She genuinely is a kind and generous human being and I’m very proud to be her kid. While most people are looking out for numero uno right now, my mom has been thinking about others and how to help them.

Her actions range from getting gift cards from local restaurants and sending them to her friends, to use now on takeout/delivery or later when we are all allowed to eat in them again (and I know it’s not lost on her that in doing this she helps to make sure the restaurants are getting some money now so that they can be open when we are all allowed out and about), to putting together food bags out of her own pantry for homeless people with sandwiches, fresh fruit, and snacks (just like the lunches she would make for me when I was in school).

She doesn’t do any of this for recognition and would probably be so embarrassed that I typed out anything out about it. I can even hear her now going, “NO!! Don't do that! Don’t post about me!!” and “well, if you do, just don’t put my name on it and most important, DO NOT put a photo of me!!”

So that’s it. That’s the post. Just me being proud of my mom.✌
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