People say you don’t know what it’s like to be a mother until you become a mother. They say you don’t understand what it means to take care of someone, to love someone unconditionally and to protect someone before yourself until you’ve had your own baby. Well, I agree with that. However, I am mother-like because of how my mother raised me.

My mother is Wonder Woman. Not with the tight superhero costume and flying abilities, but she's without a doubt Wonder Woman. She is the strongest person I know. She can be struggling but still puts her feelings aside to take care of someone else’s. My mother puts everyone (and I truly mean everyone) before herself. She cares for people even when they have treated her horribly. She will give someone money even if she doesn’t have it to give it away. She would do anything for anyone; my mother is absolutely the most selfless person I know.

Because she is such a selfless person, she often forgets to take care of the number one person in her life: herself. There are times where she will forget that she too needs to go to checkups at the doctor’s office or that after serving everyone else dinner, she also needs to leaves a plate for herself as well. Therefore, I am my mother’s keeper.

I am the person who reminds my mother that coffee does not count as a meal. I am the person who adds a few extra things to the shopping list that I know she likes but she doesn’t want to spend the money on herself for. I am the person who takes care of my mother, because it’s my job.

My mother has raised me to be strong, ambitious, caring and humble. She taught me to not settle for people who treated me badly, but that sometimes I have to put my personal emotions aside to take care of someone else. She taught me that no matter what I choose to do with my life, she will be by my side to help me. Because of this, I will always be by her side. I will take care of her when she needs it, even when she doesn’t ask. I will worry about how she is feeling when she tells everyone else she's fine. I will be her strength when she doesn’t have any left. I will be her shoulder to lean on when she needs a friend and someone she can count on. I will hold her up when she falls. I will be her daughter, her supporter and her best friend all wrapped up in one.

I am my mother’s keeper because she is everyone else’s.

I love you Mom.