12-05-2025
Mom on Mother's Day: Kids are ‘everything to me'
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — In honor of Mother's Day, we take some time to celebrate and thank the women in our lives.
It was a beautiful morning on Sunday to enjoy some brunch on the patio at Granite City Food and Brewery in western Sioux Falls. Alison Anderson was there with her family, which includes four daughters.
'I have age ranges from 14 to 4, so we're experiencing every stage of life, and it's awesome. They're awesome kids,' Anderson said.
Anderson is also grateful for her own mother.
'I'm thankful that I had the best role model for a mother, so if I could be half that for my daughters, that's all I can ask for,' Anderson said.
For Anderson's daughter, Saylor, her mom has been all that and more.
'She's really nice, she's really good at art and she's really pretty,' Saylor said.
Kyong Doerr and her family were enjoying a meal a couple of tables over.
'It's showing at least once a year that they love mom. It's just appreciated,' Doerr said.
And for both moms, Mother's Day is not just about being recognized for what they do. It's also a time to reflect on the joys of raising children.
'It's a day that I get to celebrate what we've grown and accomplished in our lives and watching these kids grow up is pretty phenomenal,' Anderson said.
Jordan: What do your kids mean to you?
'My kids? I guess everything to me. Oh, it's just making me tear up a little bit, but my children are everything to me,' Doerr said.
While Doerr is from Sioux Falls, the Andersons are from Yankton but were in Sioux Falls for a soccer tournament. The family also hoped to find some time to go for a picnic Sunday.
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