YOU SAID:
my mother told me i was special
INTO JAPANESE
私の母は私が特別だと私に言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My mother told me I was special
INTO JAPANESE
母は私が特別だと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My mom said I was special
INTO JAPANESE
母は私が特別だと言った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My mom said I was special
That didn't even make that much sense in English.