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Joliet area residents share the best advice they received from their mothers

Nader Batayeh of Mokena poses with his mother Sally Batayah of Michigan. (Provided photo)

Nader Batayeh of Mokena poses with his mother Sally Batayah of Michigan. (Provided photo)

In a photo from December 1963, Robert Bergman of Romeville ("The cute one in the middle") helps his mother Betty Bergman decorate the Christmas tree. The family lived in Kenilworth at the time.

Donna Billings and her mother Verneeda Jones (deceased) in 1945 when Billings was two weeks old. (Provided photo)

Sharlyn Bokus of Morris with her "madre" Lucille Spencer of Mississippi.

Barbara DeLaney of Crest Hill poses with her Pat Figurowski of Joliet.

Morgan Drdak of Joliet poses with her mother and Diane Drdak of Minooka.

Andrea DiVecchio of Shorewood poses with her mother JoAnne DeBarbera of Joliet.

Casey Garcia shared a favorite photo with her mother Lee Ann Garcia (deceased).

Brenda Gray with her mother Minnie Gray. Minnie passed away in 2003 after a 30-year battle with multiple sclerosis.

Dulcinea Hawksworth of Joliet (left) poses with her mother Myrna M Laugier of Shorewood.

Polly Sievert King of Missouri (soon-to-be Romeoville) and her mother Marie Sievert of Missouri.

Cassie Krasuski of Plainfield (right) poses with her mother Hollis Ford (deceased) of Joliet.

Former New Lenox resident Justin Marchert of California poses with his mother Anne Marchert, who died in 2008. (Provided photo)

Kristine Markley of Joliet enjoys a tender moment with her mother Martha Kiester, who died in December 2016.

Tina Matthews, formerly of Joliet and now of Alabama, poses with her mother Sherry Loftis of Rockdale.

Kristi Petro Niedzwiecki of Sugar Grove poses with her mother Mary Fran Petro (deceased). Born on Joliet's east side, Petro and her husband Elmo Petra (deceased) moved to Crest Hill, where they raised their five children.

Kristine Hausler Schlismann of Joliet (right) poses with her mother Susan Wojdyla of Western Springs.

Amanda Wiley Rico of Alabama snuggles up to her mother Elvina Wiley, also of Alabama. Amanda and Elvina are former Joliet residents.