She Helped Me Become the Woman I Am Today

I was a teenager when I met Polly. She was my friend's mom, but we quickly became close. There was a time when I wasn't able to go to school because of a medical issue, and I spent most of my days at home alone. It was a very depressing time in my life. She started picking me up each Wednesday morning to go with her to Bible study.

That Bible study was one of the best things I have been involved in. It was a large group of women, ranging from young moms to grandmothers. They could have written me off as just a kid, (I was only 15) but instead they treated me like a peer. They all opened their hearts to me and accepted me into the group. I learned so much from those women during the two years I studied with them - about the Bible, and life, and marriage, and motherhood and being a woman.

Polly and I stayed close. She recommended books for me to read and encouraged me. She wrote letters of recommendation for me when I wanted to attend a summer study program, and later when I was interviewing for a job.

I got married and became a mom. She answered many of my scared, first-time mom questions, with a lot of encouragement and patience. She prayed with me and for me.

I am so thankful for Polly, and I could never begin to repay her for all of the things she taught me and ways she touched my life. She helped me become the woman I am today and I hope that one day I will be a "Polly" to someone else in my life.

Do you have a special woman in your life who has helped  or inspired you? 

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The Clever Girls wanted me to tell you about a woman who helped me, because with Mother's Day coming up, you have a chance to give a gift to your mother (or any special woman in your life, if you have your own "Polly", or a sister, or best friend) and at the same time help families in Haiti whose lives were changed by the 2010 earthquake. 
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