Happy Mother's Day
Today is Mother's Day. I have been blessed in my life with many mothers, especially the one who birthed me and the one who raised me. My parents divorced shortly after I was born. Due to being way too young to be a parent and the inequalities of the court system, I was adopted by my father's parents - my grandparents. While I always knew who my "birth parents" were, and in later years build an incredible relationship with both of them, my Mom and Dad were the couple, that in their 40s, took on the responsibility of raising a baby. I have no doubt that they loved me and gave me everything humanly possible to make my childhood the best they could. Unfortunately, my father died when I was a freshman in high school from cancer. Yes, my experience with cancer goes way back. My mother was a good woman that, while being heavy on the over protective side, did everything in her power to make sure that I grew up knowing how to be responsible, respectable and compa