Just found this thread today and thought I'd a add a very big moment of gratitude. I am grateful for my mother. At 81, she is open-minded, loving, understanding, kind, loves to laugh and tell stories, and is general wacky in a wonderful way. She has survived domestic abuse and tragedies. She's always remained committed to helping other people. During her working life she was a nurse's aide working at different times with people with cerebral palsy, MS, the elderly and in hospice care. She's had her own struggles with mental health along the way. She is an inspiration! Thanks, Mum. 
