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Why Moms Are Priceless

These women deserve more than just a day devoted to them.

Audrey Whelan
May 12, 2015
University of South Carolina
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Why Moms Are Priceless

With the recent passing of Mother's Day, I've reflected a lot on the value of a mother, and how important it is to celebrate moms every day.

Let me break down a couple digits for you.

Annual salary of...

  • Chauffeur Driver: $40,300
  • Personal Chef: $64,000
  • Therapist: $48,160
  • Personal Stylist: $64,500
  • Defense Attorney: $78,500
  • Teacher: $50,000
  • Cosmetologist: $22,000
  • Stay-at-Home Mom: $0


To my beautiful mother,

I know Mother's Day might not mean too much to you, but having to spend this Mother's Day 500 miles away from you for the first time in 19 years has shown me just how important it is to appreciate you.

Mom, thank you for teaching me to love myself. Thank you for constantly reminding me that approval of other people is trivial and unimportant. Thank you for helping me understand how important it is to stand up for yourself and call people out on the unfair things they do. Thank you for never letting me forget how to have fun, and cherish every second. Thank you for giving me your inherently awesome and fun loving genes. Thank you for loving me endlessly and unconditionally – even when I don't deserve it and when I'm hard to deal with.

Thank you for being my biggest cheerleader and supporting me in ways only a mom can. Thank you for defending me, even when I don't deserve it. Thank you for your incredible intuition that will never steer me wrong. Thank you for cheerfully answering several phone calls a day, always having something to say about the trivial happenings in my world. Thank you for cleaning up after my messes – the ones I leave around the house, and the ones I make in my life. You're an inspiration to me every day. You are who I can only pray to be. You're my favorite human. You're my best friend without trying to be, and no string of words I could combine would ever be able to describe just how thankful I am to have you as my momma.

Not a day goes by that I don't thank God for the fact that I was brought into this earth by someone as incredible as you. But today, especially, I'm thinking of how blessed I am to share the same DNA as you, and that I'm becoming more and more like you every second.

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