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10.  Have you been witness to any

special acts of kindness or heroism?

Tracey Magrann:  My mother was always a source of unconditional love to me.  She was a stay-at-home Mom, and was always there when I got home from school.  She was supportive of all my activities.  Every holiday was memorable.  The house was decorated everywhere you look with knick knacks for each holiday.  She gave us all birthday parties, made Christmas a great memory, Halloween costumes, and Fourth of July barbeque pool parties.  She would always get us new outfits (and a homemade coat for me) for Easter, with help in coloring eggs before the annual back yard Easter egg hunts.  She gave me lots of arts and craft supplies, and whenever I would draw a picture, she would praise it and put it up on the refrigerator and tell me what an artist I was.   When I wanted to take up piano playing or ballet, she took me for lessons.  When I wanted to take up archery, she helped me get the equipment with my allowance, and drove me to the archery range.  When I wanted to play guitar, she found one on sale that I could afford by myself.  No matter what I wanted to try, she was supportive, and told me how good I was at it.  I grew up feeling like I could be whatever I wanted to be. 

I took all this for granted while I was growing up, but as an adult, I’ve seen a lot of other people suffering various emotional traumas from having mothers who didn’t show their love.  I am very grateful to have been raised by parents who stayed together happily for their entire lives.