Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey Delivers Mother’s Day Message
By Wayne Ivey, Brevard Sheriff // May 11, 2025
honor all of the moms you have in your life
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – On behalf of myself and our entire agency, we want to wish all of the Moms throughout Brevard County, a very happy Mother’s Day.
Each year, I am always reminded of just how blessed I am to have a mom that dedicated her entire life to putting her children first and the many sacrifices she made for me and my two brothers.
As I always tell everyone…”I was never worried about the Sheriff where I grew up because my mom was the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in my life!!” My mom was the Sheriff, Judge, and Executioner in our home and mom didn’t mess around when it came to keeping her three boys in line. If we ever did anything wrong, she was the first person I prayed that didn’t find out.
I look back and know Mom was firm, fair, and fast in her corrective action and to be quite honest, I still worry about her getting on me today if I mess up. Mom was also the person who taught me to be respectful, grateful and kind, and to hit my knees each night to thank God for all of my blessings.
While there were times I hated how mom never let me out of her sight, today I realize that my mom had wisdom beyond her years. I realize that all my mom truly wanted in life was for me and my two brothers to be safe, have a strong work ethic, have compassion for others, and have respect for both ourselves and those around us.
My mom has dedicated her entire life to me and my two less good looking brothers and I bet if you asked her today, she would say that she would do it all over again the same exact way.
While I’m pretty sure that at times we let her down by some of our choices, I’m also certain that she is proud of her three boys and hopefully she knows how proud we are to call her our mom.
For me, my mom is a huge part of the reason I am the person I am today and I bet most of you feel the same way about your moms too!!
So today, honor all of the moms you have in your life, whether it’s your mom, stepmom, bonus mom, teacher mom, or just someone who has had that influence on your life.
Take the time to share how much they mean to you and celebrate them to the fullest while they are still around.
– Sheriff Wayne Ivey
