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Mothers and daughters generally have fairly complex relationships, and ours was made much more so by Mother's illness. She had Parkinson's disease, which was not diagnosed for a long time... All that made me very self-protective, because for one thing, I didn't want to get trapped.

I had to force myself not to be overly protective because I had lost one child.

I was a mother's boy.

I've had a very supportive mother my entire life, so I've had strong women around me.

I was very close to my mother as the youngest of three. She was my playmate.

My mom was essentially a single mother raising three boys. If anyone could have had any reason to give up, it was her. But she didn't, and neither did we.

I am very protective of my family.

My mother was a real tough cookie. She raised the three of us, and she worked at the same time.

I think I was raised by a really good mother.