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QOTD #75: Mother's Day: What "Gift" did you get?

Discussion in 'Tilted Life and Sexuality' started by genuinemommy, May 9, 2016.

  1. genuinemommy

    genuinemommy Moderator Staff Member

    The day after mother's day, let's do a little reflection.
    No, I'm not asking what you got for mother's day.

    What "gifts" did your mother give to you?
    In your upbringing, what little things did they teach you that you found useful to your adult life?

    Big, little, seemingly inconsequential... they all add up.
     
    genuinemommy, May 9, 2016
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  2. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    • LOVE...unconditional. I can't tell you how much that means. (and I've seen some mothers who are real messes)
    • Support. Boy, how much did she pulled my ass out of the fire.
    • Psychologist - she's a good friend and I can talk to her about "almost" anything. (there are some things a mom doesn't need to hear)
    • Love for books and knowledge (about anything and everything)
    • Consideration of others (polite, discretion and allowing others to have differences)
    • The ability to change and land on my feet
    • Knowledge of medicine (that comes in handy...especially L&D since that was her field...got taken to childbirth prep classes when she was teaching them)
    • How to care for others
    • Etc and so on...too many to tell. (I got lucky...especially since she did it all herself...my dad was not around)
     
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  3. genuinemommy

    genuinemommy Moderator Staff Member

    Beautiful.
     
    genuinemommy, May 9, 2016
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  4. ZombieSquirrel

    ZombieSquirrel Brrrrrrrains

    Location:
    Oregon by way of "Oh-hi-ya"
    My mom was fucking amazing. She was hilarious. I have her to thank for my humo. She was supportive and loved so many people. She worked at my High School in the behavioral problem and disabilities classroom. A lot of those kids were acting out because they didn't have a parent that was as supportive as she was to my brothers and me.

    She would have been 68 today.
     
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  5. angela_c_82

    angela_c_82 Vertical

    • My mom gave me the gift of unconditional love
    • to be resilient
    • strong and a fighter
    • gift of being able to be empathetic and nurturing to all of humanity
    • I also got the ability to never give up even when the storm seems soo big
    • She gave me the courage to fight the big nasty cancer disease 2x!!
     
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  6. Charlatan

    Charlatan sous les pavés, la plage

    Location:
    Temasek
    My Mom gave me life. She also raised me by herself for most of my early life.

    We were close when I was kid but as I grew older, I found her smothering and her idiosyncrasies intolerable (I also find her intolerance unbearable as well).

    I live on the other side of the planet from her now. I try not to feel guilty about it (and mostly succeed).
     
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  7. ralphie250

    ralphie250 Fully Erect

    Location:
    At work..
    life
    unconditional love
    taught me respect
    taught me to respect others
    taught me to be honest
    honesty
    my mom taught me life lessons that I used from the time I was born, that I continue to use, and that I will use until I die
     
    ralphie250, May 11, 2016
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