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My mother had had six children in five and a half years, and three of them died in that time.

One of the reasons I survived as well as I did was my genetics. My mother and father both had very tough lives, and boy, were they survivors.

Kids who don't have moms suffer a lifetime.

My mum had 14 pregnancies - but only four of us survived. We had a little sister born for a few days and she died. There had to be a funeral.

Every year, more than 1 million children are left motherless and vulnerable because of maternal deaths, and children who have lost their mothers are up to 10 times more likely to die prematurely than those who have not.

Too many mothers have lost their children, for thousands of different reasons.

Even as a child, I found a way to survive.

My mother was one of seven girls whose parents went to bed hungry so their children wouldn't. My father lost his mother when he was nine. He left school and went to work for the next 70 years. They emigrated to America with little more than the hope of a better life.

My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.

Two of my grandparents died in a car crash. Sucks, 'cause they would have lived to a hundred.