Moxy Mom Contest

Mother's Day is just around the corner and we want to celebrate Mom's all over the world!  We want to hear from you.  Tell us why your Mom deserves to receive the "Moxy Mom" Award and you could win your Mom a trip to a Spa in her hometown for Mother's Day.

Please send us your story via email to: info@WomenTCB and put "Moxy Mom" in the subject line.  If your story is chosen as our winner we will send your Mom a special gift for Mother's Day.

Please send all submissions in a Word document attached to your email.  Up to 2 photos may be included with your story. 

Make your Mom proud and let's celebrate her uniqueness!

See Stories Below:

My Mom is Joanne Zimmer of Yorktown, VA!

View Story in PDF- Moxy_Mom_Joanne_Zimmer.pdf

My Moxy Mom is Elaine Gottesman of Seminole, Florida

Let me tell you a story about an incredible woman, my mother.  She has a twin sister and the family grew up in Brooklyn, New York.  They had a brother, but he died of illness as a teenager.  I guess my mother learned inner strength as a young girl - to cope with the loss of your brother at such a young age, I imagine, is devastating.  My grandparents didn't have a lot of money, so my mother and aunt learned what it meant to "make do" with little.

When my mother would travel to and from the Dentist in Brooklyn, she entertained herself on the subway by playing the harmonica.  This was when she was just 10 years old.  Her father had confidence in her and kept buying her harmonicas to encourage her talent.

My mother met and married my father when she was 19 and then 7 years later, I was born.  My mother wrote a poem about me when I was just a newborn.  I can remember the lines about how my toe pads were like buds, and other loving words - all to let me know how lucky my mother felt to have me as her child.  The poem could bring tears to your eyes.

After my parents married, and had me, my mother decided to go back to college and proceeded to get two degrees - an M.A. in Science Education and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering Technology - very difficult for a woman in the 1960's - and graduated with honors - she made the Dean's List, Honor Society, Cum Laude at New York Institute of Technology.

That's my mother - very focused and motivated.  She also was the Technical Director for a Repertory Theatre that I acted in.  It was exciting for me, knowing that while I was on stage, it was my mother who was behind the spotlight, shining it on me.  And she also was the Editor of published English classical translations.  She was also a Chemist at Grumman Aerospace.  And after Grumman, ran a lucite fabrication shop engaged in customer designed products.

After almost 20 years of a frustrating marriage, my mother and father divorced.  I was just turning 13 years old and this was a tough adjustment for me.  I then became the nurturing one in the house - wanted to make sure that my mother ate and got enough rest and was happy.  We didn't have much money - we had to pay for our groceries with food stamps.  My mother was a Science and Biology teacher in the New York City School System and wasn't making a lot of money.  So at age 14, I got my working papers and tried to earn a little money to help pay the bills.  My mother only had one child so it had to be me to help.

My mother and I worked as a team.  She taught me that focus, perseverance, faith and hard work will make you a winner.  I struggled in grade school, but my mother was always there for me.  I struggled in college, but with her support and encouragement, I graduated.  My mother always made me feel that I could do anything that I decided I wanted to do.  It wasn't impossible, just because it was difficult, just more challenging.

As I matured, I married and my husband and I wanted to adopt.  After many years of expensive adoption failures, after much research and meetings, my mother found a wonderful adoption agency for us and thanks to her, we now have three terrific adopted children!

Oh, I forgot to tell you that my mother was always an entrepreneur.  She had a seashell business when I was little - she had a shop in our basement (I thought that most mothers had "shops") J.  When she was a Science teacher, she would bring home animals for dissection - she was the teacher of the neighborhood and my friends loved to "attend her class" in the basement.

In addition, she presently continues to own her own business, and owns multiple patents, and doesn't give up trying to financially "make it rich" so that many years from now when she is not here in body, I will be able to enjoy a little financial freedom - a gift that my mother is so motivated to give me.

Also, in her spare time (haha), she plays the harmonica and is the Technical Director for a local traveling musical group.  She earns standing ovations when she plays "My Way", "Hello Dolly" and "G-d Bless America".

My Moxy Mom is motivated, sacrificing, encouraging, supportive, unselfish, caring, strong, realistic, honest, focused, multi-tasking and spiritual.  She knows, because I tell her all the time, that I am who I am today because of her, and I am very proud of her.  My mother truly sets such a good example of what it means to be a MOTHER.  She has earned the title. And she has also earned the title of wonderful grandmother!

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