Yes, I am gonna go there. My mother. She has been a single mom to me and has been very strong her whole life. Doesn't take shit from men and knows her value. She had to learn of course but she did quickly, always putting me first. My father has been in my life actively too and even if he did anger her sometimes (never ever helping her with driving me to my afterschool activities despite having a car unlike her and so on), she never spoke bad of him in front of me. She didn't go to highschool back in the day but later in life got to finish higschool. I now in my twenties can fully appreciate how much she has done and sacrificed for me. I can thank her for my self confidence and sense of self worth.