Yeah, moms rule.
My mom is the most inspirational person I know. The amount of stuff that my family has been through and everything else its just amazing that she's still here. She's changed so much from what she used to be. She used to smoke a lot, and had a pretty bad temper, and was a workaholic. She's since given up smoking, calmed down a lot, and takes time whenever she can to spend with us. She lives alone in a town where, well, we'll just say that it isn't the best place to live (especially given her reputation).
I know she's lonely, and she comes down to visit me (I'm away at college about 70miles away) every other weekend. I have no problem with her staying the whole weekend, as I know that she doesn't have a whole lot, and doesn't have really any friends, so I think its the least I can do is to not go party and everything for half my weekends of the year.
I'm debating going ahead and going for my original plan, and moving to California to go to an art school, but I'm kinda torn, because I don't want to leave her here by herself (my closest siblings live about 4 hours away). I know she'd understand and be supportive, but I don't know.