Growing up, you assume everything you have in life is normal. So for most of my life, I assumed my mother was normal. I now know that the word normal, in no sense of the word, can be applied to my mother. I’ve spent the last 10 or so years pastoring people from all sorts of backgrounds and I’ve learnt the importance of good parents and the impact they have on an individual. My mother wasn't just a good mother, she was an excellent mother.

Of the many qualities I could focus on, I’d like to highlight just three.