Texas Common Application Essay

Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.

Mom

In my life I have always known one person since the beginning. That would be my mom, the one person that I know i can trust with everything, the one that I know will always be there for me. I truly appreciate her. She has influenced me in many ways. She tells me everyday is a privilege in life and that we must make it the best it can be. To always smile and not to stress out because that doesn't help. She always tells me to stay in school because education is the key to success. My mom for me is like superwoman, she always helps me with what is possible. She has influenced me in being a very strong person no matter what.
I can say today that i'm the way i'm because of my mom. When there is a problem I just don't let it be I try to fix it because that's what is right to do. She always says don't leave what can be done today for tomorrow. She is the best mom anyone could have well that's according to me. She is the mother of four children, works all the time, has to pay bills, do so many things and such little time to me that's incredible. By her doing all of this I believe everything is possible that can become anything. My mom lost her mom at a young age, so I never met my grandma. My mom had many siblings and she was the oldest one so she had to help around the house a lot more. She only went to middle school and she always says she would have liked to have finished high school, because education is very important. She wants my brothers and I to finish high school so we have a better life that we make a decent amount of money to live life not worrying about money. She always helps to make me look at life at a different perspective in a positive way.
The one time that my mom influenced me the most was when she was sick in the hospital. I remember that time i cried because I was scared of loosing the person I care for the most. I remember she always told me everything was going to be okay, that she was going to get better. During that time I saw her suffer because of the pain she was in but at the same time she was being strong for us, as in my siblings and I. I think when i saw her go through this it was very hard for me, I cried and I was stressed out I worried for her very much. I prayed to God every night that she would get better I never gave up. And it showed off in the end she's better now she is back to normal. She didn't work for like two months and it was hard on us. But she always said money wasn't and shouldn't be everything. I think she influenced not just me but my whole family to be united and to believe everything will get better. From this she influenced me to stay strong through everything through hard times too. That would be one the most significant influence anybody has ever done for me to be strong no matter what. That's why I love my mom I wake up every morning wanting a better a life so one day i'll give her what she deserves.