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Kupuggie · March 2011

Who has been the kindest to you in your life so far and why?

autumn wren · March 2011

My mother. She's not kind in the sense that she has given me whatever I want, but kind in the sense that she has provided me with the support that I have needed in any given situation. She has molded me into the person who I am today and, despite what I may have said as a teenager, I am more than thrilled to be "turning into my mother". I get compared to her daily by friends, family, and even co-workers. I take it as a compliment. She would drop anything to be there for those that she loves, stands up for what she believes in, is the hardest-worker that I've ever known, and is also a nurse, which brought me in the same direction. Words cannot express how grateful I am for her.

Pookums · March 2011

My grandmother (and grandfather for that matter) I can't say they weren't super strict and I probably would not have called them kind as a child but 1 year after they started a retirement they worked their a$$es off for they took in my sisters and I (well actually my younger sister and I first then my 2 older ones a couple years later when my dad died).

In the end my grandmother was able to stretch our social security (no life insurance) out enough for each of us to have money when we turned 18. She didn't have to do that at all and later I found out that what she would do is include her own social security checks with ours remove expenses and add the remaining amounts into savings acccounts and CD's for us (saving a small amount for herself). What she had saved for me covered most of my college tuition.

SSM&JLM · March 2011

My parents, they have done and provided so much for me, and now me and DH. I am very lucky and I try to not take our relationship for granted.

FutureMrsNAH · March 2011

Pookums:

My grandmother (and grandfather for that matter) I can't say they weren't super strict and I probably would not have called them kind as a child but 1 year after they started a retirement they worked their a$$es off for they took in my sisters and I (well actually my younger sister and I first then my 2 older ones a couple years later when my dad died).

In the end my grandmother was able to stretch our social security (no life insurance) out enough for each of us to have money when we turned 18. She didn't have to do that at all and later I found out that what she would do is include her own social security checks with ours remove expenses and add the remaining amounts into savings acccounts and CD's for us (saving a small amount for herself). What she had saved for me covered most of my college tuition.

Pooks, seriously - every time you talk about your grandmother it makes me love her and want to cry. Really, what an amazing woman she probably was.

Pookums · March 2011

FutureMrsNAH:
Pookums:

My grandmother (and grandfather for that matter) I can't say they weren't super strict and I probably would not have called them kind as a child but 1 year after they started a retirement they worked their a$$es off for they took in my sisters and I (well actually my younger sister and I first then my 2 older ones a couple years later when my dad died).

In the end my grandmother was able to stretch our social security (no life insurance) out enough for each of us to have money when we turned 18. She didn't have to do that at all and later I found out that what she would do is include her own social security checks with ours remove expenses and add the remaining amounts into savings acccounts and CD's for us (saving a small amount for herself). What she had saved for me covered most of my college tuition.

Pooks, seriously - every time you talk about your grandmother it makes me love her and want to cry. Really, what an amazing woman she probably was.

Aw thanks! Don't get me wrong she had her quirks but it still amazes me what she did. Even looking at my family as it stands I don't think anyone else would do that for each other, sad but true.

pila78 · March 2011

Definitely my parents! Besides the generous amounts of money they have given me, my DH, and my brother, they are always there for us. They support us in all of our goals, and are just really good people. All of our friends tell us how blessed we are to have them, because they are also good to our friends, and treat them as if they were their own. My parents have taken in a friend of mine in high school, when her mother passed away, and her father was constantly in and out of jail. They wanted to adopt her, but she would be 18 shortly after. My parents helped her get into college and purchased a vehicle for her. My parents even took in her younger sister, even after my friend moved out, so she could have a stable environment.

Mitzzi23 · March 2011

My high school BFFs mom. My mom died when I was ten and then I started living with my father and stepmother, who basically emotionally abused me. I ran away at 17 with no place to go. She said I could stay as long as I needed which turned into until I was 22 and started teaching. It was exactly what I needed: love, support, and most of all being part of an actual family.

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