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FIGHT LIKE A
What does it mean to fight like a mom? Ask any mom and they'll tell you that it means being strong for your family, encouraging them and leading them through all of life's challenges. Amy Lee and Tracy Brasher are two moms who go above and beyond every day for their families.
story by Kelsey Sunderman-Foster
Amy Lee and her husband David have been married 21 years and have four children, Sam, Molly, Lucy and LaLa. Both parents work full time jobs in addition to running a personal business, and their children are involved in a cumulative 13 different after school sports programs.
“My day-to-day life is hectic to say the least,” Amy Lee said. “It usually starts around 5 a.m. when I get up, get dressed for work, and then wake the kids up for school.”
After dropping
the kids off at school, Lee heads
to Gulfport High School where she teaches. “After work, round two kicks off with sports practice, games, eating
dinner and doing homework,” she said. Once the kids are done for the evening, Lee begins her own tasks of laundry, housekeeping
and lesson planning for her next day of teaching.
While the days
are busy, Lee
is thankful for her husband, parents and in-laws who help keep everything running smoothly. “Juggling it all is
hard, but I wouldn’t
change it for the world,”
she said. “For me, the
hardest part of being a
mom is worrying. I worry
if I am raising them right, or
feeding them the right food, or
being too lenient or too strict on them. I just pray that I am doing it all right and that they’ll turn out to be the best they can be!”
Tracy Brasher too has been married to her husband Heath
for 21 years and together they have four children, Hailey, Peyton, Ethan and Byron.
“God hand picked our children for us,” said Brasher. “After being married for
10 years, Heath and I decided to get serious about having
children, but after trying fertility treatments and Katrina destroying our home, we continued to pray over the situation and decided to adopt.”
While the Brashers have
fostered many children over the years, their four children are here to stay. “We had other children come and go
from our
home, but these four are the ones God chose for
us,” said Brasher. “The challenges and struggles are real, but love overcomes all obstacles. We forgive and work through things daily.”
Brasher’s day is full of caring for her family, not only her children but her husband as well. While he works full time to provide for his family, Heath Brasher is also battling cancer. “My husband is my greatest hero,” said Brasher. “He is a true fighter and he works every day to take care of us and for that I am truly grateful.”
For Brasher, the most difficult part of being a mom is not being able to spend more time doing fun things with her family, but seeing each of her children grow up to become their own person
is incredibly rewarding. “Seeing them accomplish their goals, especially when they didn’t think they could,
is what makes being a mom such a fulfilling job.”
Amy, Molly, Sam, LaLa, Lucy and David Lee.
Hailey, Peyton, Ethan, Heath, Byron and Tracy Brasher.
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