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Recognizing the Phenomenal Women in Our Lives

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You may remember that I mentioned that I am one of Lean Cuisine’s Phenomenal Ambassadors and will be sharing great stories of accomplishments and great food all summer long.  I’m so excited to be taking part in this great campaign!  In my last post, I helped share the brand’s message that reinforces the most important thing we should weigh is our accomplishments.  Be sure to check out that post, in particular to read all of the great comments that people left sharing what they most hoped to be weighed on.

Before you keep reading this post, make sure that you get all the way to the bottom for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card, thanks to Sheknows.  Plus, you’ll get the read the story that made me tear up while I was writing it.  Bonus!

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Lean Cuisine wants you to Feed Your Phenomenal™ by helping people recognize the unseen things women do every day that go unnoticed, so I’m sharing the story of a woman I think is phenomenal.

If you know me personally, I suspect that you can guess which phenomenal woman I chose to write about.  Even though my life is filled with phenomenal women, when I was asked to write about a woman that I think is phenomenal, there was just one that popped into my head.  In fact, this woman has so skewed my idea of what I think everyone’s mom should be like that I thought, “Wait.  Is it too cliché to write about my mom?  Surely everyone will write about their mom, right?”

My phenomenal Mom

Aren’t we sweet?

My mom is the person that I think has had the most impact on my life and shaping me to be who I am.  From her, I learned about honesty, kindness, and charity.  Through her examples, I learned to go out of my way to help my family and to help others.  She has always been someone that I can rely on to be there for me, and I have worked hard to try to be the same for her, even if she sometimes has to call me out for sighing when it comes to helping her with computer problems or when she calls me on her iPhone to ask me to do a web search for her.

One story from my childhood keeps urging me to share it for this post.  It’s a very personal story, but I think one that shows just one of the many reasons that my mom has helped so much to shape me into who I am and why I would choose her for my phenomenal woman to write about.

Before my mom remarried (to the most wonderful dad in the world) when I was eight, she was a divorced mother to three kids.  She busily worked two jobs each day to provide for us, while our biological father often missed child support payments.  The funny thing was, I never realized that we didn’t have much money.  We always had everything we needed.

One day, when I was in first or second grade, another student asked me why I didn’t pay for lunch at school.  I told that student that my mom had paid for it all at the beginning of the year.  This answer satisfied the student.  Here’s the thing: I wasn’t lying.  That was what my mom told me, and I honestly believed that.

It wasn’t until I was an adult that something brought that memory back into my mind.  I mentioned it to my mom, and still, I hadn’t put two and two together to figure out the truth.  It was then that she said that that wasn’t true.  We had qualified for free lunches.  She told me, “I just didn’t want you to think less of yourself because of that.”

Even now, writing that out makes me cry.  What a beautiful sentiment!  It just fills my heart with love, especially now that I’m a mother too.  I understand that desire to shield a child from harsh realities that they don’t need to know yet, and a desire to build up their self-worth in a world that is so quick to want to tear it down.

This, and a million other reasons are why my mom is a phenomenal woman.

My phenomenal Mom

 

I hope that this makes you want to share about a phenomenal woman in your life too! You can visit here to enter Lean Cuisine’s promotion and help spread the Phenomenal Effect by recognizing the phenomenal women in your life and encouraging them to do the same. You could win prizes for yourself and everyone that you recognize!

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Angie Angie, a domestically challenged nerd and mom of three very fun kids, is the founder of Real Life at Home.  Angie also listens to music every chance she gets, writes eBooks, podcasts, loves Pinterest, documents the little moments in life on Instagram, and occasionally sleeps.

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  4. Natalie says

    I’d like to recognize my mother because she is a phenomenal woman on so many levels. She volunteers to run with young girls, instilling confidence in them and getting them healthier. She also survived stage 3 colon cancer, ran 2 marathons and raised 2 kids as a single parent on a teacher’s salary. She has stuck by my side even during the darkest parts of my life. She is so selfless and caring and deserves to be recognized!

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  6. Sharon says

    My Mom was one of the most phenomenal women in my life. The others are my 2 aunts, both widowed at a young age with small children and not only did they manage, their families thrived.

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  7. Kelly Massman says

    Some of the phenomenal women in my life are my sister who spent her whole career helping children with disabilities.and my boss who juggles many things at one time but always has a smile on her face.

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  16. Jessie C. says

    My grandmother and mother who taught me how to cook and appreciate food are the phenomenal women in my life.
    tcarolinep at gmail dot com

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  18. Mami2jcn says

    Our family dentist was a phenomenal woman. She bravely fought breast cancer and continued to treat patients. Unfortunately she lost her battle a few years ago. We think of her everyday.

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  20. Kelly D says

    My mom is a phenomenal woman. She is a cancer survivor and always stays optimistic and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.

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  22. Julie Wood says

    Some of the phenomenal women in my life are my sisters. I have three sisters and we all spend time together every week and help support each other and help each other through those hard times. Two of my sister’s are cancer survivors and such an inspiration to me and they volunteer and help others!

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  24. Sarah Hall says

    Some of the phenomenal women is my life is my three daughters. They have jobs and families but are still willing to help others when the need arises. I am proud to say that they are mine.

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  30. Elle says

    My Mother is a phenomenal woman in my life who has always set a great example for me to follow. She’s a big part of me and I hope that I make her proud.

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  32. debbie says

    I cannot think of a more phenomenal woman than my mother. Unfortunately she died far too soon but she was the best mother and grandmother a woman could ever hope to be.

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  34. Gina M says

    My mother is a phenomenal woman. She did a great job raising my brother and I.

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  37. Margaret Smith says

    The most amazing person in my life is my 96 year old Aunt. She was in WWII as a head nurse and later became a professor at a college teaching nursing. She’s so smart and I really admire her. Thanks so much.

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  40. Jennai says

    My Grandmother is a phenomenal woman in my life. She raised my from an early age and was happy to do it. She loved me, gave me everything I needed and gave me a great life.
    JenniferAnne74 @ aol.com

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  41. Tara O. says

    I love the story you shard – so very sweet indeed!
    I am lucky to have lots of phenomenal women in my life including my mother, my sister, both of my grandmothers and each and every one of my four aunts!

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  45. Stephanie Phelps says

    My Mom is the most phenomenal woman not only did she raise the four of us but she also took it the mentally handicapped as well! I love her

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  47. Henria O. says

    My mom has always led by example. Visiting widows, taking those less fortunate to the grocery store and doctor’s appointments, sewing for little girls just so they can have one special dress, and the list goes on. She’s always given her life to her 5 children and to others selflessly. As children, we would sometimes resent her involvement in the lives of others (she never neglected us in any way) but now we all cherish the example she exhibited. To this day, people remember my mom’s love and kindness.
    sazzyfrazz at gmail dot com

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  49. Wanda McHenry says

    My mom and Miss Betty are the phenomenal women in my life. I enjoy every conversation I have with them. I love them dearly!

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  51. rachel says

    I’d have to say my mom. I never realized how much she did or sacrificed until I become a mom. I’ve definitely let her know how thankful I am!

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  59. angie says

    One of my friends is pretty phenomenal! She has taken care of a local feral cat colony for 8 years all by herself with no help financially from anyone at all.

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  61. Amanda Whitley says

    i am fortunate to have a lot of phenomenal woman in my life. My aunts, my mom, my sister, my friends..to name a few.

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  62. Lisa Brown says

    I would say my sister: a hard-working single mom of two who has done and is still doing, a fantastic job raising her children. Excellent roll model.

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  66. Kimberly M. says

    My grandmother was a phenomenal woman. She is gone now but she helped at a soup kitchen and helped so many homeless or people that didn’t have a lot. She gave from her heart always. My mom is also a phenomenal woman. She always is helping others. She is 80 year old and is always doing something for someone. She loves to see people smile and tries her best to help those in need.

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  68. Susan Smith says

    My mom is a phenomenal woman. She is a cancer survivor and always stays optimistic and has always been there for me and her grandchildren.

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  75. Ellie Wright says

    My mom was the most phenomenal woman in my life. The stars grew a little dimmer and my life a lot emptier when she passed away.

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  86. Betty C says

    My daughter is phenomenal. She managed to complete nursing school with 3 small children at home and not much support from her husband. She is now a very experienced RN.

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  97. Kathryn C says

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    definitely my mother and her sister (my aunt) are phenomenal women in my life. My brothers and I lost our father to cancer over 25 years ago and my mother has gone to work and I’m so proud of her, she has paid off her house, purchased her car with cash and has saved money. She and her sister remain close despite often not agreeing on things (politics, etc ) Lol its nice to see their close relationship and I’m glad they talk everyday and live close to each other. I miss them both

    KC
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