My Mother: The Most Influential Person In My Life

On a day to day basis, we are influenced by something or someone that has a huge effect in our lives. Most of the memories that are made in my life had been influenced by family members or best friends. For me, my mother has been the most influential person in my life. All that I am today or hope to be in the future, I owe to my mother. She is a wonderful and valuable person whom I admire and love forever. I will always remember the day when my mother gave me her pearl necklace as a gift for my thirteenth birthday. It was exactly December 21, 2010, I remember that day like it was yesterday. My mother came up to me during a family dinner and handed me the most beautiful necklace she owned. She said it was to celebrate my first year of being

I would clean it with a jewelry cloth and take care of it carefully. It is not only the most valuable and favorite item that I have ever got but also its meaning is very important to me. It makes me feel better whenever I am in trouble. I just close my eyes and hold the necklace until I feel comfortable. I guess it reminds me of my mother and what she would have told me to get through the hard times. From that day on, it proved to me that my mother is and will always be there for me to support and help me through tough situations. If I could, I would go back and relive the moment I got the necklace from my mother. No matter how much special and nice gifts I get in the future, this necklace would always be the most special one to me, because it holds one of the happiest memories of my life. The reasons for this are

She punishes me whenever I do something wrong. Even though I never like the punishments, I realize that it helps me learn and correct me from my mistakes. Many parents would just leave it up to their kids and not care how they deal with the problem. But that is not my mom, I am lucky enough to have a thoughtful mom to support me through the hard times.

To begin with, my mother has a huge impact on my life because she supports me with my education. Education is really important in our family, especially for my parents, they want my siblings and I to get our education so it would help us in the future. My mother always tells me about how she did not get the chance to finish high school or go to college and achieve her dream of being a nurse because she got married. Due to this fact, my mother wants me to finish my education so I will attend college and achieve my