{"id":2501,"date":"2023-12-24T20:25:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T20:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2023-12-24T20:25:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T20:25:35","slug":"the-mother-of-chuck-norris-who-worked-night-shifts-to-lift-her-three-sons-out-of-poverty-celebrates-her-102nd-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=2501","title":{"rendered":"The mother of Chuck Norris, who worked night shifts to lift her three sons out of poverty, celebrates her 102nd birthday."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Norris congratulates his mother heartily on her 102nd birthday!<br \/>\nWilma had to work nights to raise her three children after being left with no money because of her former husband.<br \/>\nChuck was always his mother\u2019s defender from a young age.<\/p>\n<p>On March 2, 2023, Chuck Norris shared a Facebook article he\u2019d written celebrating his mother, Wilma Norris Knight\u2019s birthday. The post included a throwback picture of the actor sitting next to his mother as she lovingly embraced him.<\/p>\n<p>The star said he couldn\u2019t believe his mother was getting older that week on May 4, 2023, having been born in 1921. He said what was most striking was how she was so full of life that she could live for another hundred years!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12901479_1059448807427120_7943964890958689271_o-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12901479_1059448807427120_7943964890958689271_o-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12901479_1059448807427120_7943964890958689271_o.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chuck noted how his mother\u2019s birthday happened the week before Mother\u2019s Day. The celebrity confessed to being \u201coverwhelmed with gratitude to God\u201d for the influence he\u2019d gotten for three women in his life and wouldn\u2019t be the man he was today without them, and in the article, he said this about Wilma:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy birthday to my 102-year-young mom!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his May 1, 2023, article, the celebrity revealed that he didn\u2019t know which of the two \u2013 having a 102-year-old mother or that she had a child who was 83 \u2013 was the hardest to believe! The actor said he was and would always be \u201cso grateful\u201d that Wilma was his \u201cmom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2501-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1703449305717.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1703449305717.mp4\">https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1703449305717.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-1070-vkbfi0-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-1070-vkbfi0-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-1070-vkbfi0-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-1070-vkbfi0-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-1070-vkbfi0.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He noted how they\u2019d \u201cbeen through thick and thin\u201d together and were still progressing. Chuck also declared his love for his mother, who\u2019d sacrificed a lot for her children and asked her to save him a slice of birthday cake.<\/p>\n<p>How Wilma Took Care of Three Children Alone and Why Chuck Defends Her?<\/p>\n<p>In May 2012, Wilma appeared on \u201cThe Mike Huckabee Show,\u201d where she spoke candidly about her life. Chuck\u2019s mother described him as her \u201cdefender,\u201d his brother, Aaron, as her \u201csunshine,\u201d and the last Norris boy who died in Vietnam, Wieland, as her \u201chero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/32384001_1791619620876698_8706624356601561088_n-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/32384001_1791619620876698_8706624356601561088_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/32384001_1791619620876698_8706624356601561088_n.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The actor\u2019s mother revealed that he would always be Carlos, his birth name, to her instead of Chuck. Wilma explained why she called him her defender, saying when they were poor, the star took the role of the man of the house because his and his brothers\u2019 father had abandoned them.<\/p>\n<p>When Chuck\u2019s mother worked night shifts, he babysat his younger brothers. The star, around 14 then, even sat down with his mother and discussed what needed to be paid when the bills came.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-418-rnhaqw-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-418-rnhaqw-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-418-rnhaqw-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-418-rnhaqw-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-418-rnhaqw.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-418-igq84-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-418-igq84-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-418-igq84-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-418-igq84-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mini_magick20231224-418-igq84.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Talking about Aaron, Wilma confessed that the family was so poor when he came along that she didn\u2019t know what she would feed him. Despite the challenges, when the boy was born, his family was so happy that he\u2019d brought \u201csunshine\u201d into their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Wieland was described as \u201chappy-go-lucky,\u201d someone who loved everyone, and was called \u201cmama\u2019s boy.\u201d Explaining why her first husband checked out of the family, Wilma believed taking part in World War II changed something in her children\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>Things were so bad for the family that when Chuck was 14, and Wieland was 12, they asked their mother not to stay with their father for them. The boys confessed they couldn\u2019t take it anymore because he was abusive and an alcoholic.<\/p>\n<p>Despite coming from a broken background, the Norris siblings still turned out to be good men. Wilma credited taking them to church and Sunday school, which she taught, and praying every day why they turned out well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Norris congratulates his mother heartily on her 102nd birthday! 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