GREENSBORO, N.C. — This Mother's Day, learn to be as tough as your mother.
When you were sick, got in trouble at school, had the late little league game or threw up in the car, mom was there with the same steadfast resiliency throughout your life.
When life got hard, mom knew when to put on a helmet. As an expert in making mom mad, I'm well-versed in keeping mom tough.
My mom was battle-tested well before having me and my sisters. She barned tobacco when she was young. She told me to keep with it when I played football and ran cross country. She told me that if I start something, you finish it.
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is an iconic coach and motivator. In the ESPN documentary Earn Everything, Coach K told his players to channel their mother whenever fatigue or disappointment set in.
"I never saw my mom sick. In other words, when I grew up, I woke up every day and my mom was there. I took it for granted. She’s never tired – or she never showed it. Be as tough as your mothers. They show up all the time, alright, and we need to show up all the time. Be as tough as your mothers."
Let's try to remember our moms every day and carry that same toughness inside us. Regardless of how talented or lucky we are, toughness can dictate how much we achieve.
This Mother's Day, let your mom's spirit be a monument to toughness – a 'Momument.'
PHOTOS | WFMY Staff With Their Mothers
A few life lessons we've learned from our moms at WFMY News 2.
My Mom taught me to be fierce from day 1! - Taheshah Moise
My mom taught me about hard work and earning what you’re given. She also taught me to enjoy life to the fullest. - Chad Silber
My mother always taught me perseverance through faith and to trust God always. - Tracey McCain
She offered many motherly suggestions, directives and lessons - none more important than the simple definition of Joy - Jesus, Others, You - in that order. - Larry Audas, WFMY News 2 General Manager/President
My mom is my rock. She has taught me kindness goes further in this world than anything else. And I also better be at church. - Carrie Hodgin
More than anything she taught me to be kind to others... and treat everyone with respect. - Kevin Kennedy
She taught me to be nice to people. - Terran Kirksey
She tough me how to fry chicken, make homemade gravy, fry squash and okra, and cook collards! - Ed Matthews
