Every 10 seconds the foot hits the pedal.
Every 3 minutes fabric is tailored.
And every second is a cherished time with a mother who loves and understands her son.
In every family, children tend to take on certain characteristics more so from one parent than the other.
In my case, I am an extension of my mom in many ways.
While I cherish the relationship with my father, the dynamics of the relationship with my mother are much different.
My mother is a creative genius, and many of her abilities and perspectives are carried through me.
Have you ever had that one person in your life that could make you believe that you could actually reach the moon? That's my mom.
A revolutionary mother, she instituted many things with me and my brothers that set our successes in motion.
As a mother, she made sure we did not sit up in front of the TV all day and that we participated in any and everything we could.
You cannot help but to get happy about a school project when your mom is happier that you are.
That energy simply is contagious.
When you think that an award is just another on your list, her love reminds you that it is not always about you and that you have been blessed with an opportunity that others may never get.
She forced us to go to the library but allowed us to find ourselves in our selections.
Her heart to see her children succeed led to our enrollment in book clubs and prestigious learning programs, as she saw the value in a strong beginning.
She believed in investing in her children.
Arts and crafts were a past time in our house and were encouraged.
An entrepreneur in her own right, her sewing gifts have graced homes and the bodies of many over the years.
My mother is the real essence of a classy woman.
The first example of a woman in my life, she set standards that I hold dear to this day.
Even without affording the most expensive of clothing, she made sure she was always presentable and her children as well.
She instilled in her three sons the importance of treating a woman like a queen.
To this day, my standards are set high because I have a beautiful mother that shows me that those standards are not impossible to reach.
As a seamstress, my mother has helped place many patches of love on my life and has stitched the holes in my thinking many times.
I truly thank God for her and love her more than she will ever know.