Viewfinder : What makes your mom so special?

Bianca Moyano age 3, Babylon She plays at the playground with me.

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Tatiana Muniz, Sewanhaka High School I could always go to her for anything I need. She’s just always helping out.

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Armani Deleon, Sewanhaka High School She doesn’t just do the bare minimum. As a mom, she makes a lot of sacrifices and does so many things for me, which makes her special.

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Danika Vie Mooney, 7, East Meadow "My mamma is so special because she dances with me and takes me on nature walks. I love her so much."

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Gianna Bacchi 10 years old West Islip, Paul J. Bellew Elementary School “I like that she bakes a lot of good food.”

Xander Hidalgo 3 years old Babylon “I like going to McDonald’s with Mom and to get ice cream.”

Avery Gonzalez 7 years old Lindenhurst, West Gates Elementary School “I like how she cooks. She makes spaghetti.”

Aida Fanning Holmes 15 years old Amityville Memorial High School “She’s brave and she inspires me to do hard things.”

Natalie Leon 8 years old Amityville, Park Avenue School “She gave birth to me and puts a roof over my head and without her I would not be here.”

Leah Cruz age 6, South Farmingdale We go to the park together and take my dog, Thor, on a walk.

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Jackson Schumacher age 11, Massapequa I love everything about my mom. I like going to Legoland with her.

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Colin Anglin age 5, Babylon She gives me kisses before I go to bed.

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Azalea Joseph age 4, Amityville I like how my mommy plants flowers. I always give my mommy yellow flowers because her favorite color is yellow.

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Ella Koch age 9, Valley Stream She always helps us with a fun craft when we get sad. Crafts are so fun.

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Marah Gossai age 5, Valley Stream Her hugs.

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Eliana Contreras age 6, Valley Stream. She helps clean my room.

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Dominick Wright Sewanhaka High School All the sacrifices she made throughout my life. I’m an only child and she’s always making sure I have clothes on my back and food in my stomach.

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Adrianna Flores Sewanhaka High School She’s really hard working, and I feel like she always knows. If she says something and I don’t listen, she ends up being right.

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Sofia Stanton age 8, Sea Cliff My mom is special because she loves cheering for me and my brother on the sidelines when we are playing sports. She is always happy and good at everything she does.

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Zara Matubbar age 11, Glen Head My mom is special because every day she does so much for me. She is the nicest person I know and just has the biggest heart in the whole world. My brother and I love her so much!

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Elijah Finler and Evan Finler age 11, right, age 12, Oyster Bay Elijah: She takes care of me. Evan: She’s bilingual and she cooks for me.

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Leah Johnson age 13, Glen Cove My mom is the funniest and most genuine person ever. That makes me want to keep trying and striving.

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Ava Capobianco age 12, Glen Cove: She’s strong in many ways. She has helped me through the good and the bad

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Alessio Spagnuolo age 5, East Meadow My mama is so special because she makes me feel loved. She holds the biggest place in my little heart.

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Sophia Lorenz age 11, East Meadow: She comes home from work late, but she still makes sure to help me finish my homework, my brother’s homework, and she’s always trying her best to get things done for me and my brother even if she’s really tired.

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Nicholas DiTaranto age 5, Seaford: What makes my mom special is that she’s beautiful, nice, kind and cute. She also makes me pancakes and buys me ice cream.

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Niam Singh age 10, Baldwin Harbor My mom is the best because she loves me, cares about me, and plays with me. If I get hurt, she cheers me up. She plays lots of things with me like building Legos, playing Roblox and playing Nintendo switch games.

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Sofia S. age 8, Baldwin: My mom is so special because she is always there for me no matter what. She is loving, smart and my reading buddy who also loves to read. We go to the library together.

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Ethan S. age 10, Baldwin: My mom is so special because she is loving, kind and awesome. She kicks the soccer ball around with me and gives me warm hugs.

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Reagan Judge age 5, Rockville Centre: She gives me tacos!

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Miles Curly age 5, Rockville Centre:Because I love her and she helps me open up hard stuff.

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She’s outgoing and has helped me with everything in my life. She gives good advice, and she’s a great person and I love her very much.

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Ila McNally age 10, Long Beach: She’s super kind. She always makes time for us and what we want to do — even when we are really busy.

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Malia Clarke, age 10, Freeport: My mom’s cooking is the best!

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Zoe Amadike, Sewanhaka High School My mom is really smart. She’s good at giving advice, and I could go to her for anything and she’ll know what to do.

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London W., Merrick age 7, My mom rock because she helps me do new things.

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Jayline Marine Pichardo, 12, Dodd Middle School 7th grade: What makes my mom so special is she will push me to do my best and she really cares about me and she will always be supportive of what I do with my life, so I love my mom a lot.

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Sufiya Motamedi, 13, Dodd Middle School 7th grade: This might be common, but the fact that she has a lecture for everything… it’s not a bad thing or a good thing but that just cares that she just wants to look after me and encourage me to do the right thing.

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Zoe Nossa, 12 years old : Everything I do she’s always there to cheer me on. She always loves me no matter what.

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Ariella Huguenin 5 years old Massapequa-Unqua Elementary School “She takes me to Adventureland and the way she loves me.”

Kerri McLaughlin 2.5 years old Rockville Centre "She feeds me"

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Jaden Errogan Age 7 Glenwood Landing 1: “My mom is special because she loves taking me on lots of adventures and we have so much fun. She cares a lot about me and always helps me whenever I need it.”

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Charles Shaw/Herald Arielle Minkowsky, 12, Levittown. “If I have a bad day, or do bad on a test, my mother always bakes something or takes me out for a treat.”

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“Nash Cornicello, age 9, Lynbrook It’s obviously the fact that that most moms, especially my mom, are so nice and care for your needs and your wants. The thing that I love about my mom is that if we have an idea, it's not an instant ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ She lets us share our thoughts, and that just makes me feel safe.”

Ava O’Connor, age 9 Lynbrook. “She takes care of us, she makes us dinner and she helps me clean my room.”

Trevor Peterson, age 8, Lynbrook She lets me play video games and cheers me on at my [sports] games.”

Declan Schenck, age 6, Lynbrook She helps me a lot. She cleans every mess we have.”

Emily Keith, age 6, Lynbrook “She goes to Broadway shows with me.”

Arya Singh, age 9, Ogden Elementary School "She's caring and always by my side."

Cody Griesner, age 7, Ogden Elementary School "She's fair to me and my sister, when we fight, she's a little bit on her side and a little bit on my side."

Dalia Madjar, age 10, Ogden Elementary School "What makes my mom special is that she always makes time for everyone and she always helps me when I need it."

Sabine George, age 10, Ogden Elementary School "What makes my mom special is that she always cares for me and she loves me so much."

Zachary Noiman, age 8, Ogden Elementary School "Even though my mom is pregnant, she does everything to try and keep me happy and put a smile on my face."