What is Love?

According to Dictionary.com love means: a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend. When I think of the love the first person that pops into my head is my mom. I don’t just love her because she is my mom but because she raised me until I was four alone and made a lot of sacrifices for me. But even through hard the hard times she was always there for me.
My mom was a whopping 110 pounds and 4 feet 11 and three-fourths inches and she would never let you forget the three-fourths. One of the most distinct features that she had was her long wavy blonde hair that everyone knew her by. Even though she was small in size my mom had the biggest and most caring heart out of anyone I know. She was also one of the feistiest people you will meet. In a way you could say that I have lost touch with her because at the age of seven my mom died from e coil only a month or so after my youngest brother was born. Before this we were inseparable, she would spend every moment she could with me. She was the most important person in my life and I was hers, nothing and no one got between us. My mom had the biggest influence on my life and I know that if she had handled our situation any different I would not be the person I am today. She also influenced me by telling me to be the best person that I can be. When my mom passed away it affected me in a huge way because the person that I always turned to and loved was gone.
I believe that I saw and loved my mom in a way that no one else did or even came close to. I was her first child and I got her to myself for the first four years of my life, even though I don’t remember a lot from those years I still wouldn’t want them any other way. She was also more than just my mom she was my best friend. Even though my mom is not with us anymore her memory is still strong in me and it will always be there.
So what is love to me? I would have to say that love is a feeling that you have for someone who has been there for you, influenced you, and that you care for so much that you would do anything for them. That’s how I feel about my mom and I know she felt the same way.

-Nate Fellman