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My mom used to take my sister and I everyday to school, we used to wake up at 6 am and leave home by 6:30 am. My mom’s nights were always shorter. Every single day, my mom woke up at 5:30 am to cook and prepare lunch, then she’d go upstairs to take a shower and get ready for work. So by 6:15 am, my sister and I were already having breakfast, maybe scrambled eggs and chocomilk, or chilaquiles with red sauce, or even quesadillas, but she had to be sure about us eating breakfast. My mom likes her hair short, she thinks is easier to manage it and she saves lots of time, so when she was already dressed and ready to go, she would put her comb through her hair and leave it there so she wouldn’t forget to comb it. One day we were late for school so we were doing things too fast, we went to school on time, and my mom went to her job. She was walking through the lobby of her office and she realised everybody was staring at her, so she went to the bathroom and she saw her hair with the comb in it. She was really ashamed because she totally forgot to comb her hair, because we were running late and she had to make breakfast and our lunch before fixing her hair and take us to school. I always remember that story, it remindes me of how much my mom cares about us and how she’d put her family in the first place, rather than herself. She’d prefer spending more time on her daugthers and husband rather than combing her hair. I admire her for being so responsible, disciplined and always showing a smile on her face, even if she’s having the worst day, she’d be always smiling. I’m afraid that I won’t have her all my life, and it terrifies me the fact that she has lived without me before, but I’ve never been without her. I don’t want to imagine how my life would be without her, so I try to always remind her how important she is to me and make the most of the time I spend with her. I get sad sometimes, but then I remember that she’ll always be with me, because I’m the image of what she is, I am what she’s taught me to be, I am her values, even her face. I hope I will be able to forget to comb my hair in order to focus on the important things and people in my life.