Honesty is always the best policy, and I’d like to be as forthright in my answer as possible. I cannot actually come up with any compliments, from off the top of my head. I’ve not lived a life that taught me how to recognize this thing we call a compliment. I have not lived a life that offered anyone who cared, an opportunity to offer great words of affirmation toward much, if any, of my behavior or character… it’s actually been quite the opposite!
Oh, I’m sure that I’ve been offered positive comments here and there, but none have ever felt either sincere or useful enough to carry me to any great height… I’m just being completely honest!
Nothing my parents ever said, came with a behavior that backed up the words draining out of their mouths!
I had a great many men drip words of insincerity in my direction, with nothing more than selfish or nefarious purposes in their minds!
There was no one to push me into an academic or career direction, with words that might lead me to believe I was smart, in any form!
My entire life has been a fight. Pushing against adversity from every single direction I looked! I was discouraged from having children, but I did it anyway! I raised three daughters, served in the church til I bled, homeschooled my girls while simultaneously working side jobs housekeeping, and getting a college degree… while also cooking, cleaning, paying bills, and serving in a miserable marriage for 16 years. When I divorced, the only reverberating words offered by friends, family AND church was… “well, you left!”
For anyone who may have offered a compliment to my person, I thank you for your kindness. I apologize if I’ve not shown any gratitude for said compliments, but I stopped expecting or even looking for them when I was eleven!
I don’t wish for you to think me bitter, as I’ve moved away from that place of loneliness and sorrow. In honesty, I’ve only one compliment that would be worth anything and everything, but alas, I’m not home yet!
With whatever time I have left on this earth, I shall strive to live a life worthy of God’s approval, to the best of my ability . My heart yearns to hear the only words that will matter… Well Done My Good and Faithful Servant! Just sayin…
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Journey With Me! 
I just want you to know how deeply this touched me. You can feel your strength, your love, and everything you’ve carried in between the lines. The way you’ve shown up through everything says so much about the kind of mother you are—your girls were so incredibly lucky to have you. And the kind of love you’ve given? That doesn’t disappear… it stays. You are the kind of person people carry with them.
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I just want you to know how deeply this touched me. You can feel your strength, your love, and everything you’ve carried in between the lines. The way you’ve shown up through everything says so much about the kind of mother you are, your girls were so incredibly lucky to have you. And the kind of love you’ve given? That doesn’t disappear… it stays. You are the kind of person people carry with them.
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Wow! I think that classes as one of the most sincere compliments I’ve ever had. Now that I’m learning to recognize them, yours was so incredibly sweet, thank you so much! Hugs
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Sorry about the double comment my computer glitched the first time i wrote it and i didn’t think it posted! 🙈 lol
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