I have chosen Shawna OBrien as my grand prize winner for the chance to win $500 Walmart shopping spree and 2 Aquafresh coupons. The $50 Walmart GC contest is still open. I will choose a winner from Random.org from all the entries on June 30th. Please keep entering.
Being a mom is hard work! Aquafresh wants to acknowledge and reward inspiring moms with their Mom Goes Beyond Campaign. Aquafresh is committed to lending moms a hand by supplying them with products, such as the amazing iso-active Whitening toothpaste, that achieves 33% better whitening compared to a non-whitening toothpaste. Now it’s your turn to share what makes you work beyond as Aquafresh wants to hear about these moments and celebrate you as mom through their Mom Goes Beyond campaign.
Are you a deserving mom (of course) let me know by leaving a comment about an inspiring or memorable moment you’ve endured by being a mom. The comment that I choose as the winner will win 2 coupons for Aquafresh iso-active Whitening toothpaste and also be nominated to become the grand prize winner. All the grand prize nominations will have a chance to win one year’s worth of free Aquafresh product, a $500 Walmart shopping spree and the honor of having her story showcased on the Aquafresh Facebook fan page. The Aquafresh creative team will choose the grand prize winner by July 7th! A second lucky reader will win a $50 Walmart gift card from Aquafresh and A Mom’s Impression.
So… what are you waiting for? Let me know how you work beyond as a mom.
Win It:
One (1) lucky winner will be chosen to be my nomination for the Grand Prize and win 2 coupons for Aquafresh iso-active Whitening toothpaste. (Contest Ends 6/6) This part of the giveaway is closed, but keep your comments coming for the second part of the contest.
Another lucky winner will recieve a $50 Walmart Gift Card.
(Please leave a comment include a valid email address or you may contact me directly with your contact information. This giveaway will end at midnight on June 20. Winner will be picked from Random.org. Open to US residents only. Good Luck!)
How to Enter:
To participate in this contest, leave a comment about an inspiring or memorable moment you’ve endured by being a mom.
About Mom
I had a brain injury and am going to school to get my degree
Seeing my children love and notice kindness in others has been amazing….
Nursing my twin daughters was a very memorable way to spend the first year of their lives
After trying many years to have children, the most memorable moment was when they actually arrived. I have never been so thankful for anything in my life as that moment, and cherish it to this day.
Raising a special child is trying at times, but worth it in the end.
I was diagnosed with systemic lupus at age 29. At the time I had three children and had also lost two babies during pregnancy because the placentas were falling apart for no apparent reason. Once I was diagnosed with lupus, I started the lupus foundation for the state of Utah even though I had no background in public relations, marketing or business. I contacted local newspapers, TV and radio stations, and made handmade flyers that I hung up at various hospitals. The night of our first meeting, 96 people showed up despite blizzard conditions. People had shown up from Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming, and Arizona besides Utah. When the medical speaker finished his presentation, he asked how many people would like me to start a foundation addressing the needs of lupus patients. I got a standing ovation! Eventually I was given the Carnation Silver Bowl Award for five years of outstanding volunteerism. Additionally, I coordinated the first Western Regional Medical Conference, teaching doctors and nurses west of the Mississippi about systemic lupus. A lot of my work was done from bed or while shuttling my kids from school to soccor and dance practices. I encouraged my young children to help me, and they sorted postcards, licked stamps and envelopes, and performed other small “office” duties. At Christmas, they helped me put together surprise Santa boxes for some of the lupus patients who were suffering financial hardship. My children learned compassion for others throughout this process. I have gone on to serve on the board of the Paul Jacobsen Spinal Cord Foundation in San Diego, and now work on helping National Institutes of Health geneticists write theories on heritable collagen disorders.
The most memorable moments are those little things that are just adorable. I love watching Jack as a toddler be so fascinated with something as simple as a shrub!
A memorable moment from this year was the week of my sons first tooth lose. He was so worried about how much it would hurt or if it would fall out in his sleep. That stubborn tooth held on for a week and he was so excited when he finally lost it! Then within two days he lost another one and that was a piece of cake!
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The most amazing memorable moment of my life as a mother was when my twin sons were placed in my arms after years of struggling with infertility. It was instant connection and love in my heart and the start of my journey as a mother.
motherhood has been so challenging for me,I can’t recall a single time when it didnt feel like I was going far and beyond
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I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO BE A MOM BUT IF I COULD I WOULD BE LIKE MY MOM MAY GOD REST HER SOUL SHE LIVED FOR HER CHILDREN SHE WAS THE BEST I MISS HER SO BAD
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I am a guy, but my mother had to endure quite a bit raising myself and my sister.
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My most memorable moment as a mother happened/happens when I look at my kids and realize they are mine and they are perfect not matter what they have done recently.
I think the constant lack of sleep is a big sacrifice as a mom.
My son fell against our wood stove when he was 4 & I did the bandage changes for him twice a day for 3 weeks.
I would cry and cry and cry while doing it, and my son would pat me on the shoulder & say “It’s okay, mama! You’re not hurting me….much….” lol Oh man, it still brings tears to my eyes.
I was glad to be able to use my training to help him though. The 1st nurse we had do it put on a dry gauze bandage. Can you imagine pulling that out of a fresh burn? After that, I did all of his dressings. We got through! It’s amazing how resilient kids are!
Raising a special needs child is trying at times, but worth it in the end.
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When my son went to Iraq and made it back safely and surviving a removal of a lung and he has a great outlook on life.
my daughter when she was 6 came up with giving at least three compliments a day, this could be to family, friend or stranger and I that was so awesome that someone that young could come up with such a wonderful idea.
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When I saw my son graduate from high school
One of my most memorable moments is when my son’s highschool baseball team played on mother’s day a couple years ago. The coach called all the moms to come out and stand by their son on the field and we were all presented with roses! My son said I love you mom and hugged me. The coach gave a great speach about how you should always love and be kind to your mom because his mom was not with him anymore. It was very touching.
My Bebe Boy James was diagnosed with PDD/NOS (an autistic spectrum disorder), ODD, and ADHD when he was 3 1/2 or 4. At the time, he was non-verbal (although he did suffer from echolalia, where he would repeat what you said, but not form independent words and sentences). The psychiatrist told me that he would never be mainstreamed .. ever. I won’t make this a mini-novella, but although my insurance covered the diagnosis, they wouldn’t cover the treatment that he needed, which would consist of almost 40-hour-a-week therapy sessions. I studied up, checking out books from the library, haunting the Internet, and asking other people who worked with autistic children all sorts of questions. I ended up quitting work, moving into an apartment that costs less than half of the apartment we had been living in, cutting off all unnecessary expenses (my only luxuries turned into decent coffee beans and a less expensive broadband internet connection). When our car broke down, I didn’t have the money to fix it, so we started walking and riding the bus everywhere. I then started my own therapy. I’m proud to say that he has just graduated from third grade without an IEP near the top of his class in academics and citizenship. The only thing I regret about making ourselves financially strapped is that now the economy is making it extremely difficult for me to find a new permanent job, but I hope to change that soon. It was all worth it.
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i was told i was going to miscarry it was very hard to cope with. we had to explain to our kids what was going on. it was very hard
I gave up my career to stay home with my children. Living on one income can be a challenge, at times only having one car, no vacations, rarely eating out and shopping at consignment stores are the norm for us, but we feel it’s worth it so that I can be there for my children, that ‘s what they will remember about their childhood.
I remember kicking my deadbeat ex-husband out, and realizing that I was now a single parent. I didn’t /don’t receive any type of support, but I manage to take care of my son by myself.
Yes, it’s a serious struggle, but somehow he never lacks anything.
My inspiring moment was when my kids started preschool and were ready to stay through school without being upset
I had an amazing time when I took my son to Sahara. He said that he loved having an adventurous mom and that he felt like he was Indiana Jones.
just teaching my child how to be a friend&seeing him be friends with other kids!
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What inspires me as a mom is seeing how my kids care about others. For example, they will come home and tell me how they have seen a kid being picked on at school and how they tried to be nice to that kid.
My most memorable moment was my son being born ON MOTHER’S DAY!
I am always inspired by seeing my children as productive adults with children of their own. I always worried about the things I had done wrong or perhaps not done at all. But when my daughter told me that I was always there for them that just made my day.
Having to drop the little one off at daycare for the first time is the worst hurdle to overcome.
The most memorable moment for me was when I brought my newborn daughter home from the hospital. I remember thinking… “This precious,tiny,beautiful baby is totally depending on me! Lord please help me not to let her down!”
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The first time I heard my daughter sing on stage was so amazing! I couldn’t believe that sound came out of her, and so many people walked up after the show with tears in their eyes, just congratulating me for being the mother of all that.
Mom of 5, nursing twins and doing it all!