None of us know how to be the perfect parent. There is no school for it, no steps to follow.
This made me utterly emotional. My mother had to drop everything just so she can give me a good life and support my father's education, in hopes that he can land a good job for the family. But instead, she got cheated on and left with a child to raise on her own.
She's made mistakes and she's given me the best she can. Now that she's got no more job, I've finished Uni and have gone off to work, but the life of an adult is chaotic and hard and I'm mostly left a confused mess. Even up until now, no matter how much problems she can have, she'd still have me break down in her arms and comfort me and tell me everything is going to be okay. I'm truly, TRULY lucky and blessed to have such an amazing mother.
You definitely are! She sounds wonderful.. I am sorry she has had to go through all that pain after sacrificing herself for her family, that is really heartbreaking.