“I had a wonderful husband and 4 miracle babies to take care of. I wanted to see them graduate, maybe get married, or even have kids of their own. What if I was just gone one day?”
‘There’s only a 50% chance this procedure helps.’ I was out of options and exhausted. And then my brain surgery failed.’: Mom candidly shares chronic illness, life spent in hospital
‘Somehow, she still managed to pray for each one of her children and grandchildren, by name, every single night. The nurses were always stunned by this. But we never were.’
“My Memaw had a brain aneurysm that left her unable to live alone when I was 15, followed quickly by dementia. She didn’t always know who we were. Some days she talked. Some days she didn’t. Some days she had it together. And some day, well, some days were rough.”
‘I went from my chaotic life at home, to being homeless, to living with my Vice Principal and her family.’
“I never gave up on my dreams and I am still learning to accept the love I have been given. I know now that my mom was wrong and I don’t have to prove that to anyone.”
