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I would like to nominate my wife Amy Robles.

Amy is a selfless spirit. She does everything in keeping our family together including, getting the kids ready for school and daycare in the mornings, taking them to school, picking them up from school and then going to work serving special needs infants in the Tehachapi, Rosamond, Mojave, and Edwards areas.

She's never spent a night away from her family and is always seeking to get them involved in community and school events. She's volunteered countless hours to the elementary school over the years.

This past Christmas she volunteered our family in sponsoring a needy family for the holidays. She coordinated the effort to provide gifts to the family and a hearty Christmas meal. She is also a small business owner providing services for special needs children and their families in our community.

I could go on and on about my wife. I think that she should be considered because she is not only a great mother to our children, but she is also a mother figure for many other children in our community through her service as a teacher.

– Fabio Robles

 My mother, Marcia Whitten is truly an inspiration to me. She has taught me far more than the childhood lessons of riding a bike and tying my shoes. She has taught me commitment. It is her commitment to her family, her community, and her Lord that leads me to nominate her for Mother of the Year.

My mother has always loved music. I have fond childhood memories of watching her from the front pew as she played the organ every Sunday morning. All my life, she has generously shared her love of music with others. Today, Marcia serves as President and Assistant Conductor of the Tehachapi Pops Community Orchestra. Her dedication to music does not stop there. In addition to playing clarinet for the orchestra, she also plays base keyboard for the Summit Singers, organ at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, and teaches piano lessons from home. My mother also tries to never miss Thursday night choir rehearsal!

Marcia has a huge heart, and serves in other ways too. She volunteers at the local Salvation Army. Every Christmas, she also 'adopts' a struggling family and provides new clothing and toys for all the children. She prepares breakfasts for the men's group at Grace Fellowship and joins the ladies for Bible study every Thursday morning.

It's a wonder she has time to do anything else, but her commitment to her family is greater than any other cause. She is never too busy for her grandchildren! Whether she's babysitting for an evening or attending a little league game, they can always count on her to be there with a smile. 

I hope she is chosen as the 2008 Mother of the Year. She has not only nurtured our family, but she has nurtured this community with her gifts of music, generosity and love.

– C. Alan Whitten

I would like to nominate my mom Samatha Brown because she is a wonderfull mother. My mom is a hard working loving person my mom has us three kids and a job. My mom maniges to wake up at 6:30 to take us teenagers to high school and comes home and gets my sister ready and off to kindergarden also every tuesday she volunteers helping at Golden Hills and being room mom. My mom is also very involed in her work my mom works at Jacobsen Middle School. She also is the public relation officer of C.S.E.A at Jacobsen. The only day my mom ever gets off and to her self is on Saturdays and we all get to take our dirtbikes out to ride. My mom is just so hard working and involed I think it is her time to shine she deserves to be mother of the year.

– Cheyanne Brown

On occasion I wait for that telephone call, to say that your mother is going to need your help. But, it was the other way around for me. In 1994 it was found that I had a very rare form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma that I had a 30 percent chance of recovery. I made that call to my mother, and without hesitation, she was on the next flight out. For four months she stayed with me. All I could think of was my 4-year-old daughter what would become of her. I knew she was in good hands, that my mother would give her what she gave me, love, understanding, caring and to keep a 'Stiff upper lip'.

She gave everything mentally, financially and physically, like she did when all seven of us were growing up. There were days when I didn't want to go on, but with an extra push, and with a smile she'd say 'Tomorrow is a new day'. With the lossing of the hair, and test after test, it was time for my mom to return back to her life. And I actually got angry and wanted her to stay. She was my mom and I wanted her, here with me. But, I had her in so many ways that I can't describe. She had her life now. She had her husband, other children and grandchildren to attend to their needs. I couldn't keep her all to myself anymore. I had to let go of her, as I did when I was a child. I have the bond thou with her, that no one can take with them except with me.

Our deal was to walk on the beach with her, as I did every summer. I  now have returned, to be close, to love, help, understand, and to hear her laughter. My daughter is so much like her grandmother, she will make a good mom someday. An d when she raises her children I would like to think that she would instill in them the things she ahs learned from me and Me-maw. I've been in remission now for 14 years, and everyday I think of those four months, what she gave me, it's indescribable. Happiness keeps you sweet, trials keep ou strong, sorrows keep you human, failures keep you humble, and moms keep you going. I only hope in return I can give her only the best of myself, and tell her to take it one day at a time.

– Ayn Young

Like Mother, Like Daughter
There are so many things I can say about my mom, so I’m just going to talk her up. We’re ‘two peas in a pod,’ and although she’s my mother, and has to be the parent, she happens to be my best friend in the entire world.
I’m 15 and she’s 37 which makes us 22 years apart, and when I was young that sounded like a lot, but now I know it’s just time between us. We are so incredibly close and act extremely alike. I tell her everything (almost), yet she tells me just as much. I can be to her maturity level when she needs me; but she can also be at mine. We’re crazy when together; just silly and non-stop laughing. Yet when the time comes to be serious we are both all ears.
Ever since I was a little girl my mother has been a wonderful role model. I completely look up to her, and hope I can eventually be half the extraordinary woman that she exists to be. I have learned so many valuable lessons from her, but the biggest ones and my favorite are: to be yourself, have fun, and make the best out of everything. Sometimes this gets hard for me just thinking of her laughing and having a great time helps me.
Everyone says that mother-daughter relationships fall apart once you get into your teen years, but I have been a teen for two years now and so far so good. We have our share of arguments, but who doesn’t; about 95 percent of the time we get along fantastically. My mom is so supportive with everything I do, she is my number one fan and I know she always will be. The feeling of knowing that there is someone to cheer you on and to help with whatever crosses your life path.
There are so many stressful things in life and having a mother that is there for you and that you constantly enjoy being with makes things alot easier. knowing that I can confide in her with confidence is amazing. I adore our long talks and out hysterical, insane nights.
It’s a wonder she puts up with me because I can admit that sometimes I can be a handful, and what teenager isn’t moody, but my mother is there no matter what the circumstances. Helping me, guiding me, and loving me. My mom is the greatest, and I love her with every ounce of my hears and soul. My best friend, my mother.

–  Sydney Carroll