Thursday Morning Mom

12/17/15- I have known Lois Campbell since I was 16 and she is truly the fabric that holds the family together.  I am now 44 and I have never known someone so loving, caring, and eager to do for others. She baby sits at a moment’s notice, transports grandchildren to sporting practices, walks family pets, […]

12/10/15- Dear Tom, My mom is 56 years young and she raised my 2 sisters and me all by herself while she worked rotating shifts for the state of Arkansas department of human services.  She retired after 20 years and even helped my sister and I get jobs there and we are still there 8 […]

12/03/15- Dear Tom, My mother worked as an executive assistant for a government contractor for 21 years but she had to retire when she was diagnosed with cancer for the second time – the first time was in 2007 with sarcoma – which is a rare form of cancer – and she beat it. The […]

11/19/15- Dear Tom, My friend Janell is smart, kind and giving single mom raising 3 children on her own.  We met a few years ago, we were both paralegals at a law firm.  She left the firm in 2013 to attend law school but had to drop out. Her older sister, Keisha (a mother of […]

11/12/15- Dear Tom, Our mom raised 4 kids by herself as a single mom – 2 boys and 2 girls.  There were times that she worked two jobs so we would never have to go without whatever we needed. We are all grown up now – Brian is 32, Daniel is 26 and we are […]

11/05/15- Dear Tom, I am 13 going on 14 and in the 8th grade.  My sister’s name is Destiny and she is 12 and in the 7th grade.  We have been living with our “mammaw” since I was two years old. She has worked at Ohio national for over 38 years raising us as a […]

10/29/15- Dear Tom, My mother is the strongest, hardest working, selfless woman I know. She has always been career driven and raised as a single mom.  I have never needed or wanted for anything…she raised me to be a strong, independent African American woman and sent me to college. She had worked as a flight […]

10/22/15- Dear Tom, My sister and Ms. Luckey have been friends for a long time. She has such a very sweet and kind spirit, that when we met – I felt as if I had known her forever. Not only is she a super grandmother, but a breast cancer survivor!  Back in 1996, she went […]

10/15/15- Dear Tom, My aunt Alice is on her second marriage to her husband Howard.  They have been married for 27 years and they have 16 children…it’s like “8 is enough” times two!  They each have 8 offspring from their previous marriages, plus grandchildren & great grandbabies. At 75 years of age, she says she […]

10/08/15- Dear Tom, My mom is the single mother of three (ages 18, 9 & 8) plus, she has 2 step children and 2 grandbabies.  She loves taking the children to the library for reading dates and then to the park for playtime and fresh air. When she was 18, she got a job with […]

10/01/15- Dear Tom, My mom is a Capricorn, born in the middle of the holiday blitz – December 29th – and she has been listening to you for a long time.  We would tune in to your show every morning as I got ready for school and again in the car when she drove me […]