The most inspirational person in my life is my mother. She's now 70+, she has 4 sons and my father died when I was very young. I am the eldest son, I have three brothers. My mother has been struggling for us for a long time as she had lost her husband and did not get any support from the relatives. She is a single mother and never thought of marrying twice even if it was a hard phase for her.
We were facing financial issues but my mother always managed to feed us without feeding herself. She got marriage offers but she rejected as she knew step father might not a good choice for her children. She thought of the consequences and refused the offers.
I always felt guilty for not letting her rest for a moment, I used to annoy my mother a lot from the very beginning and our other brothers did the same thing. But my mother never neglected us or never felt like abandoning us. She only treated us with love and care and sometimes with strict restrictions. I have never listened to any restrictions but I never dared to disrespect her.
The ideology my father taught my mother, she has been following it till now. She is a practicing Muslim and even if she's now 70+ she never breaks her fast. She always tries her best during Ramadan to fulfil the fast. My mother is now dealing with many health issues but still she is never backing off from the prayers of 5 times. She is very religious from the beginning and I have never seen her doing anything that is forbidden.
My mother do not like who tell lies so, I have committed many things which she never liked. But when she used to ask me the truth I could not lie to her. To me if my mother says the day is the night then I will believe that. Because I believe in her blindly and love her from the bottom of my life. In our religion mothers are given highest priority and for that reason we must always take care of our mother's wishes.
My mother has given me the guidance to follow the right path, she might not be that much educated by her way of talking is very elite. I am very lucky to be her son, I love children so much because of my mother. She has taught me to love the children and always to make fair decisions for them. If it was not for her then I think I could never be a good father for my children.
I still get surprised by the act of my mother, she doesn't want to sit still she wants to cook for everyone. My mother makes the best meals and I could never find the same taste of food in someone else's cooking. Even if I follow her recipe I could never make the food taste the same. It feels like she has some kind of magic wand.
So, for me my mother is my inspirational person, she has sacrificed many things for her son's. She's the one who inspired me to be the person who I am today. I am very proud of my mother and I wish her to live long life.
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