Connie Womack pictured with her children, Kade, left, Kaleb and Sienna in front of her home. (Photo by Gloria Bigger-Cantu) Connie Womack is often praised as a supermom by her family and friends because she is caring and loving to her family.

She is a real success story both in her personal life and professional life. People who know Connie Womack describe her as a role model in many aspects, such as being a nurturing mother, a great wife, family member, and teacher.

As a young mother, she pursued her goals that included earning a college degree. Today, she works as an elementary school teacher.

She is a mother to three children who are sons Kaleb, 12, Kade, 10, and Sienna, seven months old.

Connie and her husband, Brad, are Kingsville natives and said they are happy to live here close to family.

She is a third grade reading teacher at Kleberg Elementary School, and Brad Womack is vice-president and comptroller at Kleberg Bank.

Womack, 29, believes her biggest responsibility, as mother is to instill in her children to become good parents themselves.

“My biggest responsibility is to teach them to grow up to be good parents,” she said. “If they look at their children as I do them.”

“We have to be role models for our children,” she said. “There is no excuse to not be a good parent at any age.”

She praised her mother because she learned her maternal skills from her. “I strive to be like her,” she said.

“Her husband and children agree she is a super mom and praise her merits.

“From a motherly standpoint, she is dedicated to them and gets involved with them,” Brad Womack said. “She is involved with the boys and whatever they want to do but they have a limit.” The boys are involved in baseball, 4-H activities, basketball and UIL as much as possible. She also bakes brownie cookies when needed.

She said they are blessed with the boys because they make good choices. The boys are students at Ricardo Elementary School. It is obvious they are polite, well behaved and friendly. Kaleb wants to become a stockbroker or vet and Kade wants to become a banker.

She believes her family is a unit.” It’s not about Connie or Brad, it’s about all of us.”

“We work as a unit; we help each other,” she said.

Connie and Brad Womack participate in family activities with their parents. This year they attended three family reunions. Holidays are shared with the families. Christmas morning is spent at their home and later with the Grimes

Connie Womack’s family) that afternoon. The young couple spend Thanksgiving at Vattman and later at their parents’ home where they eat again.

The boys praise their mother and are ready to celebrate Mother’s Day. Kade could not wait for Sunday to present his mom with a gift so he has given it to her early. The gift is a locket necklace with small gems inside. One of the gem’s represents kindness.

“She always asks if we need something whenever we are working on a school project or doing our homework,” Kaleb said smiling. His favorite activity with her is playing tennis in a makeshift court in their back yard. “I like playing makeshift tennis with her, but she wins most of the time, but my Dad is the house champ.”

Kade echoed his brother’s praises. “She is always there for us and she will stop whatever she is doing to help us.”

He likes reading with her, which is a nighttime activity for

Lomas everybody. Sienna is asleep by 8 p.m. and everybody else goes to bed by 9 p.m.

Womack’s day begins at 5:45 a.m. when the alarm goes off. She makes breakfast and lunches for the children. Her mother babysits Sienna. She is at school by 7:15 a.m. and teaches reading classes to the third graders. By 4 p.m., Womack is ready to be involved with their afternoon sport and school activities.

Womack, a 1998 H.M. King High School graduate, has been in the educational profession since she graduated from Texas A&M University Kingsville in 2003. The fact that she had two small babies at home did not deter her goal to obtain a college degree.

The young parents struggled financially but realized they had a family responsibility.

“We had to be able to provide for our children,” she said.

Her first job was working as a paraprofessional in Sarita, then Bishop, and with Los Fresnos CISD.

Before returning back to Kingsville, the family lived in Los Fresnos for two years. She worked as an elementary teacher in a school that had over 700 students and 60 staff members. Her peers selected her as “Most Valuable Teacher”

“I know this is a cliché, but I love teaching because it is very rewarding,” she said. “It is so rewarding when you teach students how to be learners and make them feel successful.

She believes students learn from experiences such as taking them on trips such as visiting the TAMUK campus. Womack admits she volunteers for everything.

“I tend to volunteer for everything, and it’s overwhelming but rewarding,” she said.

Womack keeps all the Mother Day cards and gifts the boys have given her throughout their life. During the interview she showed a couple of the cards.

Kade was in the second grade when he wrote a card that said: “To Mom from Kade: “The bestest mom in the world. My love for you grows and grows. Mom, I love you because you cook, clean and hug me.”

Kaleb also made a Mother’s Day card for his mom when he was in the second grade with a poem that included these lines: “You wash our clothes. Everyday I try to make you glad when you are with me I always feel bright. On a stormy day when were (we’re) afraid you make us happy a day.”