High school pupil Yasmin Al-Rawe loves her mum so much that she could not help nominating her for our Mum of the Year Awards.
Yasmin, 12, and her twin brother Adam live with single mum Rachel Al-Rawe in Bushby.
Yasmin, who attends Gartree High School, is one of the youngest people to put forward a nomination.
If 47-year-old Rachel is chosen by the judges, she will enjoy a luxury break staying at the Polonia Palace Hotel in Warsaw with £250 spending money.
Yasmin said: "I am nominating my mum because I love her so much and she gives me anything I want.
"She looks after me and keeps me warm and healthy. I could not ask for a better mum.
"She works very hard to look after me and my brother Adam and, as she is a single parent, she has to do that by herself."
Rachel said: "I think it is very sweet of Yasmin to nominate me.
"She is such a loving child and is always texting me with her news from the day at school until we meet back at home.
"Yasmin and Adam are lovely children and I am very touched by what Yasmin has said about me."
Nominations for the Mum of the Year close on Monday, May 6.
The judging panel, which includes Amanda Philips of sponsors Haymarket Shopping Centre, Kiran Parmar of fellow sponsors the City Rooms and representatives from the Leicester Mercury, will assess all the nominations at a meeting on Monday, May 13.
They will pick a short-list of eight candidates who will be invited to an awards lunch at the City Rooms on June 27, when the winner and two runners-up will be revealed.
Mr Parmar said: "I will be helped on the judging panel by my mum Sharon.
"I cannot wait to see all the inspirational stories that have been submitted."
