I get to be the Hero

With Monther's Day fast approaching and my daughter and I not really getting along I felt the need to remind myself that my children do love me. The following is not fiction. I feel the need to say so.

My favorite youngest son wrote the following about me for a school project. The school project was about "your hero". Mind you this project was a couple of years ago. I have kept his work as most mom's do, but this one is a bit special. He is not a verbal sort of child; very different from his siblings. So this in particular meant a lot...

In very childlike handwriting the title says "My Hero is My Mom".. then he goes on:

""My mom puts me and my sister before herself. She's also really good at Texas Hold 'Em. She called her mom "mother" and she hated her mom. So if we call her mother she hates it."

That's really the jist of his story. But then he has to answer questions on a paper that his teacher has handed out. Here are his answers...

Hero's Name: Lori Jensen (mom) she is very loving. She hates to be called mother. Comes to my basketball games.

Background Information: born: San Angelo, TX ; has a type of diabetes; married twice (had my step brother Derek) footnote: he got two of these things wrong

Examples: She got me my first basketball hoop so I could play whenever I wanted to.

What your hero means to you: I love her very much. My life would be  messed up without her.

Conclusion: My hero is the most loving and thoughtful person I know.

That was the intro to his paper. Now the final comments from the writer, my son David...

My mom! She is the best ever! Especially if she cooks chicken, it's the best chicken I have ever had. Anyways she also has style...well not exactly, that's why I do my own shopping. She will always put a smile on my face everyday!


Ditto kid, you always put a smile on my face too!