My mom is sad and I can't help.

Hey guys,

Recently I've been thinking, about my mom.

She's FUCKING AMAZING. Like, AMAZING. Some kind of Wonder Woman.

But she's been through a lot of shit.

Like a lot.

And not just, "Oh she had a fling with this guy but it's over now and now she's kinda sad."

It's like the kind of stuff people kill themselves over. And she's alive.

She's a single mom. My dad was always angry so they got divorced. He's meant to see me still, but he went to another country for a year, came back and hasn't made much of an effort to see me, like at all. But I don't really care. It doesn't affect me. But it does affect my mom because he's meant to pay my mom money but he gives her nothing. Nothing.

She works her ass of day and night 24/7 to provide for me and my brother.

My brother has a dad who I've known since I was three. Luckily, he's a much better guy and he looks after me all the time because he wants to but he and my mom did split up.

My mom does everything for me and she really tries. So many guys have mugged her off and it has brought us closer because I'm the only person she can turn to and talk with. She is sad. But I don't know what to do.

Her PhD graduation is coming up and she's worked so hard for it for years. But unfortunately my grandma has dementia and doesn't even know who she is anymore and my mom didn't even get a card from her own parent as a congratulations. I really want to get her something special but I don't know where I'll get the money from or what to get for her. My dad is useless. And I can't ask my kind of stepdad because he's not even my real dad.

But she deserves something special

So bad.

She works so hard all the time and doesn't rest. Even just seeing her sad today made me cry. And I'm running out of clothes because I haven't gotten a new wardrobe for a while (so all my clothes don't fit me) and she just said to me, "You tell me what you want and I'll get it for you." And I don't know why but I just said thanks and left the room and went and cried. I'm so grateful for her. She can't even afford new clothes but she was going to buy me some anyway!

I love her so much and I just really want to do something special for her but I just don't know how. Please help.

I know I've waffled on but this has been playing on my mind for a long time and I really need a solution to this. Thanks for any suggestions.

P.s I also feel really bad because I just got an award at my school on the same day as her graduation and she was going to go to a concert (by herself) to celebrate and now she can't go because of my presentation later on that day. Ugh she is too nice. Please leave some suggestions below xx