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Disclosure: A special thank you to Hefty\u00ae for sponsoring this post and spotlighting strong moms everywhere. As ALWAYS, I only recommend products that I truly love and all opinions included are 100% my own. \u00a0<\/em>\"Tracking<\/span><\/p>\n

We see them, we know them, we want to be them. So what exactly makes the strongest moms strong? In truth, they don’t come labeled or living in a perfect little world. They may be single parents, they may be married. Strong moms may have one child, or they may have ten. You may find them working three jobs, or working as a stay-at-home mom. Strong moms may have professional degrees, or minimal education. Strong moms may have large muscle mass, or they may tip over when the wind blows. With so many variations, how exactly do you pinpoint what makes the strongest moms strong?<\/p>\n

After seeing Hefty\u00ae<\/a> team up with John Cena and his mother, Carol, in order to celebrate strong moms in honor of Mother’s Day, I grew inspired. Determined to find out exactly what makes the strongest moms strong, I wanted to expand upon Hefty\u00ae’s “Mom Knows Best<\/a>” philosophy and dig into the comparison between ultra strong moms and their Ultra Strong trash bags. In order to do so, I did a little digging into the strongest moms both I and my fellow moms know.<\/p>\n

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The Strongest Mom I Know<\/h4>\n

If you ask a child, “Who is the strongest mom you know?”, there is a strong chance they will reply with describing their own mother. Why? Because in the eyes of a child, their mom is their hero (you know, when they aren’t simultaneously claiming she is ruining their life for making them clean their room). To a child, THEIR mom is the one that feeds them, dresses them, comforts them, and supports them. If you ask that same child years later that same question, now perhaps them being a mother themselves, you may or may not receive the same answer. Why? Because as individuals age so do their perceptions of reality and their definition of what makes a strong mom.\u00a0For me, that answer never wavered. Thirty years and two kids later, in my eyes, my mom remains the strongest mom I have ever been lucky enough to know.<\/p>\n

My mom’s strength comes from her ability to not only be a strong mom but to be a strong woman. My mom taught me from an early age the importance of finding balance while still giving more of yourself than you are willing to take. My mom showed me what it took to not only juggle being strong at home, but to also be strong in her career. My mom showed me that when life happens, you pick up the pieces and you move on even more grateful than you were the day before. My mom gives of herself so selflessly everyday in order to bring joy to others. After a successful career, in which was dedicated to helping others in the health field, my mom could and would be more than justified kicking up her feet and relaxing her way throughout retirement. Instead, my mom fits 10 days into a 7-day week by volunteering, babysitting for her grandchildren, and driving multiple hours to assist her parents and in-laws whenever needed. And above all that, I’m confident my mom would claim she wouldn’t want it any other way because she feels so blessed by all the amazing people in her life.<\/p>\n

While stories of my mom’s strength are plentiful, perhaps one of my favorites is one that is most recent. After an x-ray failed to accurately identify a severe pain in my mom’s leg, she refused to allow the rather excruciating pain to stop her. Instead, she was up at 5am, got in her daily workout, and was over to my house by 7am in order to babysit her two very busy young grandchildren all day while I went to work. This same pattern continued for weeks until she was able to receive further testing. Lo and behold, my mom had been running around on a broken leg for weeks. It would go without saying that she now had the perfect excuse (not that she needed one) to lay low and take a timeout from helping others. Instead, all while following doctor’s weight-bearing orders, she strapped on her boot and never missed a beat. The very next day she was back to babysitting, back to volunteering, and back to driving hours in order to take her parents to a doctor’s appointment.<\/p>\n

While I may now be an adult and a mother myself, my mom has never stopped being a mom to me. When I need her, there is no distance or no time of day that will stop my mom from being there. I will always go to her for advice, because I know her advice stems from a strong woman and strong mom. My mom inspires me to want to be a better woman, to be a better wife, to be a better friend, and to be a better mom. My mom isn’t perfect, and she’d be the first to tell you that. However, her ability to\u00a0embrace her strengths and never be too proud to identify her weaknesses empowers me to do the same each and every day. What makes my mom the strongest mom in my eyes is her ability to be real, to be true, to advocate for herself and her family, and to be the best version of herself each and every day.<\/p>\n

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The Strongest Moms Others Know<\/h4>\n

The thing I love so much about the phrase “strongest moms”, is that it is plural. While my mom may be the strongest mom in my eyes, it is very obvious I am not alone with this feeling.<\/p>\n

As part of my \u201cMama Tested-Mama Approved<\/a>\u201d series, I polled a collection of moms to ask what they thought made the strongest moms strong. With all listed below and many moms admiring the strength of their own moms, a common theme of internal strength and determination to make the best lives possible for their children emerged.<\/p>\n