My mother never...

My mother never hesitated to put her own kids needs ahead of her own. I remember when I was younger my mom was always cleaning, re-arranging the pantry and making sure that all of us kids were dressed nicely and our hair fixed no matter if we were going out in public or just spending a day at home.

My mothers name is Rosario. She was born and raised on the island of Guam. She is the only girl in a family of four brothers, and just knowing that she was the only girl two things might come to anybody's mind. One, she was a spoiled rotten child, or two, she was well protected by her older brothers and parents. In my mom's case it was both. She was so protected that she was practically isolated from anyone outside of her family. My mother was given anything she wanted from my grandma and grandpa because she was the only girl.

My mother loves to cook. I call her the next Betty Crocker whenever I visit and see her baking up some goodies for the family and the grandkids. She is always surfing the Internet or watching the cooking channels to get new recipe's or new ideas on some new creations she has in the works for her dishes. My mom bakes the best cookies, I swear if she could bag them up they would be the next most advertised delicious cookies in this country. I for one cant cook, and boy has my mother tried to teach me but I definitely did not inherit her cooking skills. I am more of a bystander and tester, hey someone has to do it right?

The only hobby my mother has, if you can call it a hobby is her addiction to garage sales. My mom starts planning her route for garage sales when people start advertising them on Craigslist, or in their local newspaper. Her weekend routine for garage sales is this, she wakes up very early, when rooster crow, to make her cup of coffee. Then she pulls out her handy dandy map and starts charting out her course for that mornings route, making sure to not go off course she also double checks the internet using Mapquest. If you have not met a dedicated garage saler, be aware! Get out their way because they are on a dedicated mission to gain the best deals for everything that may be on their Christmas list. If you dare participate in their week long planning of that weekends garage sale, please do not interupt them while driving, do not blink your eyes when looking for a garage sale on the list, and definitely do not cut them off while they are on the hunt!

My mom just may be the next Betty Crocker, the next star on clean homes, or the next person that might tell you off for distracting her on her treasure hunt, but all in all shes my mom, and my best friend. I love my mom no matter what hat she may wear from time to time and I know that without her I would not be here.