I always show my mom my gratitude. She did such a great job. Literally left everything she knew behind to start a life in a new country where she neither knew the language nor had any relatives because she knew her children would have no future back home (She was my age when this happened). I cannot imagine going through that stress and still being present and involved with my child (in her case children). Damn… I get testy in the mornings if I’m running late … can’t imagine how I’d deal with what my mom went through.