"My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It’s not worse than anybody else’s life." ― Jeffrey Donovan Topic(s): Mom More From Jeffrey Donovan "Encouragement from my high school teacher Patty Hart said ‘you need to focus and theater might be your route out of here.’ I created the program, went to college and graduate school and now here I am." More In Mom "Thankfully, I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I can trust and depend on."― Christina Aguilera "The relationship between Cathy and Mom in the strip is the one relationship drawn from real life that I have proudly never even tried to disguise."― Cathy Guisewite "We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor – got her master’s with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure."― Frank Ocean