Her daughters take after her. She is an artist and paints. She is a chef and can create something from nothing. Always hospitable, friendly, easy going and great to talk to.
She does it alone because the father of her children doesn't have a lot of money and doesn't help out much financially (at least he has visits with his girls). And like a great many of us these days, family is some distant thing that is there but not anything tangible she can rely of for help or support. Still the children are always fed, have clothes on their backs, a stable roof over their heads and love and laughter.
It can be easy to begrudge life when it's hard and keeps throwing all manner of obstacles in the way, yet her house is filled with children who are growing up free to be themselves, free to be happy in their own skin, free to explore and seek out desires and dreams, while also being taught to stand up for themselves.
This lady doesn't wallow in pity or feel sorry for herself (well maybe sometimes because that's normal). Each day she gets up and begins the day again and again making sure her children want for nothing and are provided for.
It's also important to her that her children learn life skill and help out around the home. They have chores and animals to look after and do these jobs understanding that this is how life works. You want pets, you have to look after them. You want nice things, you have to look after them.
The children have extra curricular activities so they're not missing out on life experiences because money is tight. The mum makes it work.
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