http://apnews.excite.com/article/20020330/D7IJ1IA80.html Son Offers Mom's Wisdom on eBay Dan Baber is so proud of his mother he offered bidders on eBay a chance to buy one day of her attention, to "make you feel like you are the most special person on the Earth." The Internet auction site didn't go for the idea, so Baber decided to put Sue Hamilton's wisdom up for sale instead. As of Saturday afternoon, 40 bids on eBay item No. 1527369622 had pushed the price up to $165. The auction page was headed: "Best Mother in the World - Her Thoughts." "All I know is I have the best mother in the world. ... All proceeds will go to her so she can spoil her grandchildren and teach me how to be as good of a father as she was a mother," the new listing reads. Hamilton said she thought it was just another item to bid on when she ran across the auction. Instead she found a tribute. "The more I read, the more my heart just melted," Hamilton told the Detroit Free Press. It was especially touching, she said, because she was recently laid off from her job and because Sunday is her 54th birthday. Baber, 32, a businessman in this southwest Michigan community, initially put his mother up for sale, rather than just her thoughts. "She will e-mail you for one full day. She will make you feel like you are the most special person on the Earth. She will love you no matter what you do," that auction read. eBay officials removed the offering on Thursday, telling Baber that auctioning his mother could "leave open the possibility of misrepresentation and liability issues, as well as potential safety concerns for your mother," the Free Press reported.
Here is the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=1527369622 Bidding is up to $320 I understand that not everyone is as fortunate as me, so I'm auctioning off one of the most important things in my Life. My Mothers thoughts on raising me and my sister. She will send you an email or send a written response in the mail on her thoughts on how she raised me and my sister. There are a few things that I now realize makes my mother the best mother in the world. She would make me feel like I was the most special person on earth. She would love me no matter what I would do. She would hold me and comfort me when I was sad. She would make me laugh until my stomach hurts. She would teach me life's ups and downs. She would never look down upon me. She would support me in all that I did. If I failed she would still be proud of me. She knew what I was thinking; she knew when I needed her. She was my best friend, my roll model, my teacher, and even my CEO. I know as a teenager she didn't plan to grow up into the best mother I could wish for, but she just did. I imagine she cried when I wasn't around, she worried for my safety, she teared up as I matured, hurt when I hurt, discipline was harder on her than me, and she watched me out of the corner of her eye for a reason. I know now that she did all these things. I know now that I may not of understood these things when I was growing up, But I do know now that she loves me more than anything in the world. All I know is I have the best mother in the world. She officially retired yesterday from work. All Proceeds will go to her so she can spoil her grandchildren and teach me how to be as good of a father as she was a mother. Worlds proudest Son. Odd as it is, it must be pretty a cool feeling for the mom.
