Alright, well I'm 16 years old, and my brother's 21. My mother will be turning 43 years old this May, and nothing is more important to me right now than Mother's Day, which is coming up shortly after (or before?) her birthday. I want to think of something to get her that would be above and beyond. Actually, I'd love to give her a gift of financial freedom, something she's been busting her ass off for ever since the days of her early adulthood. Let me just share some of the history of my hard-working mother. Though young, my mom has been working since she was about 19 years old. She's been busting her ass to support my brother and myself for so many years... My brother and I have different fathers, for good reasons. My brother's father was a slumbag (not a mistake of my mother's, he could not commit to my mother or the caring of my brother, thus the reason for a divorce), and my father, worst man alive - used to come home drunk and beat my mother to the point where we had to flee away from him when I was 2 years old. Thankfully, the man is dead, but left me and my mom nothing (never gave us a cent either). I'm not really trying to go into history here, but I'd like to point out that my mom is a really hard-working individual, and she's so young and has so much life to live, that it hurts me to see her have to work her ass off just to live. I've tried everything I could to make it on my own, thus the endeavor for my venture on the internet, which I have been doing extremely well (I can and have been affording my own expenses for about 2 years now). For this mother's day, I'd really like to do something that'll free my mom from her financial burdens. I don't think that it's right for her to be a single parent, and for her to continously work low-end jobs just to support herself, her house, and us (my brother and I). Her life to me, is hecktic, and she does not deserve to have to work until she dies. I'm not going to lie: I live in the lower-middle-class region of the United States in New Jersey and my family cannot afford much. My mother, to me, is so young, and she looks so young for age (she can be mistaken for being in her young 30's easily). I want to do something for her this Mother's Day that'll allow her to live her life. A life is not worthwhile working; a life is to live, and she should be able to live her life just as I will. I'm thinking of raising a project, or doing something, that'll be able to raise money for this goal. My mindset is off, though, and I don't think that I'll have any innovation or idea to raise such a capital to rid her life of financial debt. She works 24 hours a day for a hospital. 24. She manages the insurance for people coming in and out, and it's a stressful job (very stressful as what I can tell..she is woken up randomly when she sleeps everyday, and barely gets any sleep period). Right now I don't know what to do, but this has been bothering me for the past 10 years of my life. It's just not fair that my mom was treated so horribly by men (these men referred to are my father in particular and my brother's father), and by her job. I don't understand how she is able to own a house (it's a double house, but still a house), a car, and support her family alone. I see her working, and I know it's extremely stressful and hard, but I still don't understand how she does it - most importantly, I don't want her to do it anymore. I cannot bare seeing this happen anymore. For this Mother's Day, I'd like to do something that can change her life. That something I do not know yet, but who will help/support me in this effort?
She sounds a fantastic woman mate. My advice would be to set up a website and create a few pages going into detail on what Mum does with pictures etc. etc. Make sure you update the site reguarly. Get a PayPal donate button on there too and then the next step is to promote the site hard mate. If you promo it well you'll be fine. It probably will not change her life but she will appreciate that her young son is looking out for her and appreciates all her own hard work. Good luck buddy.
Wow what an Inspiring story, I sure do believe that your mom deserve all the best, I like AGS idea, Something like a tribute to mom website. Also you can ask maybe your community or neighbors to donate some stuff they do not use and sell them. I am not really good at fund raising, But I do admire the way you look after your mom All the best