Beloved Chicago Mom & Grandma 'Has A Great Big Heart'

CHICAGO, IL— Moms do so much for everyone around them. We try to celebrate them all year long, but Mother's Day is a perfect opportunity to shout it from the rooftops and post it on Patch: Mom rocks! Here at Patch we've launched an initiative to help recognize the awesome moms and mom figures in communities like yours. This submission comes from Maria V. who nominated Maria of Chicago. She raised me like her own, because my mom had me really young ... so she is my mom. My mom...