12-24-2006, 09:10 AM
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Her Work is a Labor of Love
http://www.projo.com/patriots/conten...t.31e87ee.html
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Her work is labor of love
01:00 AM EST on Sunday, December 24, 2006
BY SHALISE MANZA YOUNG
Journal Sports Writer
FOXBORO -- Laurence Maroney watched his mother. He knew she got up early in the morning to put in a full day at work, then came home and shuttled him to football practice and later cooked dinner for her children.
He recognized the effort she was putting in, getting overtime hours when she could to make sure Laurence and his two older siblings had a little bit more than just the necessities.
And now he's paying her back.
Two days before he was drafted, Maroney's mother left her job as a corporate trainer at Great West Healthcare in their native St. Louis for the last time, retired after 23 years.
Terri Terrell still works now, though, but it's infinitely more fun when your "boss" is your son.
She's now the business manager for her first-round-draft-pick youngest child, handling everything from selecting the North Attleboro condo where he lives to running his charitable foundation.
In a way, she's living Maroney's dream.
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