My role model has always been my Mom. Sometimes I don’t realize it, but at the end of the day, she always will be. My Mom is my role model because of her character and the things she has accomplished with it.

My Mom perseveres. When I was younger, I remember walking into our office every night before bed. I was around eight years old, and my siblings were even younger. Every night, she was reading long books, analyzing documents, and typing a paper. I knew she didn’t sleep well in between. But I didn’t know why, until one day at church, she asked for prayers about her struggles. Her document was almost finished and was completely lost. She had to start all over again with what I found out was her final paper to get her doctor’s degree. When she got her degree, I noticed how only six other people stood with her to get it. I don’t know how hard it was to achieve that goal. But I understand now, to this day, how to stay persistent throughout the frustration of my future situations.

My Mom knows how to guide me. When I was younger, I loved learning. But as I get older, there are more challenges and more decisions to make. She helps me to make all of those decisions. Anytime I have an issue with anything, she always knows what to do in those situations. Even though I can get stressed out and not want to listen to her, she always gives the best answer. She says it’s because she has been educated for a long time, but I know it is more. I don’t know the best choice to make at every second. But I understand how to ask for help when I need it.

My Mom listens. When I was younger, I loved to talk. I loved to tell people everything about me, especially my Mom. But now that I am older, I don’t talk as much. But when I still need to get my thoughts out, my Mom will listen. The older I get and the more I tell her, the better our relationship becomes. She gives me time to explain what is creating my emotions. If I am feeling joyful, disappointed, or annoyed, she will listen to my stories. It might not seem like a big deal, but it is to me because it is like having a best friend you can’t stop loving. I don’t know how to listen to people like she always has. But I understand how to react with honesty and respect.

Overall, my Mom is one of the strongest people I know, and it is incredibly difficult to fit everything I look up to her for in five hundred words. But the love I receive from her is way more than all of these words I have described her as combined. Which is why she is, and always will be, my role model.