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Signal Mountain mom named national ‘Mother of the Year’

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photo Gerre Schwert

We saw this east of our office in north Springdale.

Posted by NWADG on Wednesday, March 25, 2015

It was a tale of two mothers.

One found herself divorced at 55, getting back up after being knocked down, trying to find a job, to continue to raise her four children. The other was diagnosed with cancer, unable to work, with two daughters, no money and no place to live.

The two met and, though coming from vastly different worlds, helped each other move forward in their lives.

That’s the gist of a three-minute speech that Gerre Schwert, of Signal Mountain, gave last week at the annual convention for American Mothers Inc., a national advocacy group.