Could You Please Review My Essay?

What are your opinions on my essay?
I was supposed to choose a role model, and then write about that person.
So what do you think:

"When you have a role model it is someone you look up to or someone you hope to be like when you're older. For me, my role model is my mom, Elizabeth Cuddihy. I chose her as my role model because she's forgiving, athletic, hard working, and encouraging. My mom has raised me and always tried her hardest at everything she has never given up on anything, including me.

My mom is my role model because no matter what happens she's always forgiving. She's not just forgiving towards me because I am her daughter, but she is forgiving towards everyone as well. On almost a daily bases, there is always something that I do that makes my mom angry or annoyed. Although by the end of the day, whether or not she actually has forgiven me, she has a positive attitude towards me assuring me that she has forgiven me. For example, my mom almost always tells me to: clean my room, do something to help her, or something else more complicated then that, but most the time I will just ignore her request. This makes my mom angry that I am not following directions, but she will always just forgive me and forget about the matter. The way that my mom is so forgiving contributes to her being my role model.

As well as being forgiving, my mom is also extremely athletic which also makes her my role model. It's not just how she's an amazing athlete that inspires me, but it's also how she never gives up when she's doing sports. I have always loved sports and I wish I was as great a runner as her. My mom runs almost every day, no matter what's going on she will literally always find time to go out and run anywhere from 5 to 10 miles. Not an easy run either she will run with a great time, and she won't give up no matter how much it hurts. With injuries, in all types of weather, any circumstances she will run her hardest. My mom being a great runner makes her my role model because she's able to keep going through pain and weakness.

My mom is an outstanding athlete, which makes her my role model but she is also very hard working. She never stops her work until it's finished right. Everyday she will come home and do school work, make dinner, and many other things. My mom always works hard on all the necessary things, and she never stops until they are completely done. For example when I do my homework, and I rush through it just to get it over with my mom always complains to me how I didn't work hard enough on it. The way my mom is so hard working and encourages me to do everything the right way makes her my role model.

She's forgiving, hard working, and a great athlete, but my mom is also very encouraging and that helps me through a lot. Whenever I want to give up on something, or not do something at my full ability my mom is always encouraging me to do the absolute best that I can. An example that has recently affected my life is when I am running track. At the meets and practices when I am running and I just want to give up because it's painful and tiring, my mom is always there cheering me on to just keep running. My mom always encourages me for everything I do, and helps keep me going. I wish I was as encouraging as she was, cause being encouraging helps you look at the positive side of things.

There could have been many people who I could have chose as my role model. There is many people whom I look up to, they have helped me out in my life and I wish I could be like them. But out of everyone I chose my mom as my role model because she is forgiving, athletic, hard working, and encouraging. All these traits of my mom I wish I had and I wish I could be more like her. More responsible, hard working, and capable of not giving up when things gets hard. This is why my mom is my role model."

Btw, I am only 14 (In 8th grade). So no, It won't be perfect(:
Just need your opinions..