For five years I cared for my mother who had Alzheimer's disease.
"This is for my mother, who always stressed the importance of education, " O'Neal said.
This is not true for my wife, who has impeccable taste, nor is it true for my mother and most of my female friends they all care about clothes.
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In my current life as the First Lady of the United States, I am incredibly blessed and I know that, because I have more support than I could have ever asked for and ever imagined, including my mother, who has moved here to help us sort through all the challenges.
And I make a very good salary, but just going through caring for my mother the last year and a half, and before that, my father, who, thank God, lived to ripe old ages -- it was -- it's not easy.
It was enough for my mother to raise the five of us, who were between the ages of 5 and 15 at the time.
Actually, it was my mother who had it made for me.
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And for those of you who have never experienced kidney stones, take it from my mother: they are insanely painful.
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For as singularly as important as my mother has been in my life, there are so many other women who have also played significant roles in my development.
My father, so thin and athletic, looked almost frail with shock, while my mother, whose beauty was still remarkable, and who was known on the reservation for her silence and reserve, had left off her characteristic gravity.
That particular boyfriend and I only lasted six months, but I did not visit home for nearly two years until my mother and I agreed that unconditional love meant accepting anyone, of any race, who I chose to spend my life with.
My mother phoned the theatre as soon as we got home and let in Blitzee, who was waiting for us.
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