My mother liked to command me to do things I found scary. I always wanted to stay home and read. My mother only ever wanted me to get away.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done.
My mother and father were never frightened of anything. They always felt that they should go through life happily and without fear, and they did that. And it was a great boon to my brother and myself.
My mother didn't want me to be a feminist, a radical, political person, because she was scared. She wanted me to be protected and safe, but my life never was.
My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her.
When I was as little as four years old, my mom would give me a pen and paper and tell me to write a story to keep me busy.
As far back as I can remember, my mother would have me down by the bed at night with her, praying. I can still hear her voice calling my name to God and telling him that she wanted me to follow him in whatever he called me to do.
I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure about her.
When I was eight, my mum found me humming to myself and scribbling on a scrap of paper. When she asked me what I was doing, I got shy. I was writing a Christmas song, and I had never shared my music with anyone before. Reluctantly, I sang it for her... and she loved it. Of course she did - she's my mum.
My mother set us to an activity and let us be.
My mother is extraordinary. She understood me and never tried to hold me back.
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