Generous Miracles
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Best Mom Ever!
By Gena McCown

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
~Arthur Ashe

She would give the shirt off her back to someone in need. My mother isn’t perfect and our relationship has definitely had its ups and downs, but her generosity is something I have always admired.

When my parents divorced, I was just two years old. My stay-at-home mom was thrust into the working world, sometimes even working two jobs to provide for her three children. Her most obvious acts of generosity came in how she would deny herself to make sure we were provided for. We didn’t have everything we wanted, but we always had what we needed. (Keep reading)