Since my mother passed away... It's so hard to believe because it feels like it has been a century already, looking back at all the things I have done this year without her. It's painful, but I know that if I don't continue to press on and if I let it bring me down then I would only be putting her memory to shame. My mother was the nicest woman and the strongest, and she continued to fight no matter the adversity. I miss her so much, it's hard to bare sometimes, not being able to call her when something amazing happens, and only hoping that if she can see me from wherever she is that she saw.

It sucks but I am back in school now and I am going to continue to be at my best because even with the pain that I know will never go away, I have gained an even deeper strength and I know it is all thanks to my mother.