Mother is a verb

Not a morning person, she still awakened at five every day to cook me a warm breakfast. Weekly, in my lunchbox, PB&J was replaced by my favorite: fried chicken on buttered bread wrapped in foil. She worked hard, budgeted well, bought a house, made Christmases unforgettable, took me to Europe, brought me to plays and ballets, sent me for dance and piano lessons, and paid for summer camps as well as private elementary schools (I earned scholarships to high school and college). She came to all my theatrical performances (high school and college). A single mom, my mom, my hero.