Tehachapi News

Nomination for Lillian Turner

Mother’s Day is a day to show appreciation for the women that gave life to us, but for the past nine years, my family has not only celebrated it as that but also as a day to show appreciation to the woman, who day after day strives to improve the lives of everyone around her.

Lillian Turner is not only the mother and grandmother of her own children and grandchildren, she has become an adoptive mother and grandmother to countless others, including our family.

Nine years ago Ross and Lillian Turner moved from Simi Valley to the house next to ours and ever since then, our family and all of Tehachapi has been blessed with this amazing woman. She not only gave my parents money to save our house when she barely new us, but she has given my sister and I money to stay in classes so that we wouldn’t have to miss semesters at college.

Everyday is filled with Lillian’s giving. She was a reading aid for first grade students who now call her Grandma Lillian. She hires people to work odd jobs for her just so she has an excuse to over-pay them. Also, no Girl Scout selling cookies or firemen looking for donations are turned away. Rather, they are exceedingly glad because she donates more money than the average person. Then she turns around and gives the cookies or rodeo tickets away for someone else to enjoy.

Lillian’s love and compassion goes further than just the people in her life. She has adopted five cats and two dogs and has spayed and neutered them not because she is lonely but because she doesn't want them to feel unwanted.

Every night that my mom works late and even sometimes when she doesn’t, dinner is on the table courtesy of Lillian. There is never an Easter, Christmas or Birthday that goes by without being done to the max with love and presents. Anyone who comes across Lillian is blessed with her kinds smile and loving gestures.

This Mother’s Day, my family will honor our adoptive mom with the gifts she deserves but we would like to show our appreciation to the woman who makes our lives better by nominating her for Tehachapi’s Mother of the Year. We nominate her because she is an outstanding person to everyone and mothers each person unconditionally. She is the Mother of the Year to my family because love isn’t spelled L-O-V-E, it is spelled L-I-L-L-I-A-N.