My mother is my hero

My mother Beatrice has always been there for me since the first moments of my life. Since I was born, she raises me, takes care of me and gives me a lot of attention. Without her I wouldn’t be where and who I am today. After reflecting about who I could choose as a hero, I realized that she is the person who impacted my life the most and that is why I want to honor her.  My mother lives in the South East of France in my hometown with the rest of my family. 

I admire my mother for different reasons. First of all, she taught me and still teaches me everyday some values and skills I’m glad to have. My family and I started to travel to some places that are completely different than Europe or North America like poor and developing countries in Asia and Africa. By traveling to these countries, my mother wanted to show me the conditions under which a lot of people live and that it is not just what we know. My mother made me want to travel and discover the world even more. She taught me to be open-minded about other cultures and people, which I think is very important to understand others but also to get to know oneself. My mother is also partly responsible for one of the most important decisions I took in my life : doing this exchange year abroad. We talked for hours about me doing a year abroad and my mother always could help me to clarify my thoughts and my feelings about it.

Speaking of taking decisions, my mother helped me a lot when I had and still have to take decisions whether these decisions are important and will have an impact on the rest of my life like what I want to study or simple decisions about everyday issues. For example, when I wasn’t really sure what I should do, I know that I can always ask her and she will take time to help me figure it out. She is always the person I go to because she understands me the best and know how to find the right words to answer me. I know that she will always be there for me, listen to me, understand me, comfort me and encourage me.

Furthermore, my mother always supported me for everything I have undertaken. Now since I’m here, more than 5000 miles away from my mother, I realize how important it is for me to share a lot with her, because I know that she will help me as much as she can. She is very attentive and careful and even with the distance, by the way I talk, she knows how I feel.

Also, she always helped and encouraged me to study. Even if it probably doesn’t sound like something noteworthy, for me it was important. Indeed before my exams at the end of high school she spent hours with me and tested me and helped me. She gave me a lot of her time and energy so I can do well in my exams and thus be proud of myself.

When I had to write essays for my applications to universities, my mother stayed up after midnight and helped me finish it, even if she was tired and had other things to do. During this time I had to write my applications for the universities. I also had to fill in the forty pages long application for the exchange year. If I had to summarize, it was a period of stress. Sometimes I just wanted to stop writing the sixteen applications. After a few weeks of trying to make my essays almost perfect, I lost my motivation for doing it and I was probably annoying but my mother never complained and kept helping me. Thus she always puts me, and my sisters of course, but generally everyone else before herself. Many times she pushed me to go beyond what I could do, to make my projects and my dreams come true. She wants other people to achieve a lot in their life. Making people happy makes her happy and I admire how a generous person she is. Thus my mother is an inspiration and I admire her for everything she has done and how she manages it.