Mount Pleasant Magazine May/June 2018

65 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.BestOfMP.com feature Ann Egan Jack Egan – Nominator Relationship: Mother and son Mount Pleasant Words that describe Ann: loving, smart, caring, giving, supportive My mom has given up her whole life, literally, so I could go to school the last three years at Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, Tennessee. She gave up her job and her friends and even her horses. My dad commutes on weekends to see us so, in a way, she also gave up her relationship with him during the week. I think she gets lonely for Dad, but she never complains. Mom is both mom and dad during the week, and that has got to be tough, especially with a teenage boy. She also gave up living in her house, and instead we live in a rental during the school year. She says it is all worth it to her so that I get a great education and a good foundation for the rest of my life. In a way, I think it being just the two of us during the week has made us stronger. We talk all the time about life and about what it means to be a good man. She tells me, and anyone who will listen, how hard it is to raise a good one of those! I think she is doing a pretty good job, if you ask me. Dad always tells me to look out for her, and I do my level best. She is hard to keep up with sometimes because she is always doing something, volunteering, helping people or swimming. Speaking of swimming, I guess I can add the ocean to the list of things that she has given up for me and my education now that I think of it. She jokes and says that when she “graduates from BGA next May,” she is headed straight back to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and she will be there for the rest of her days with my dad. I just hope that Mom knows how much I love her and that I will be forever grateful for her sacrifices on my behalf, even if I do not tell her.