strongest woman i know

Since i was a little girl, my mother has been handicapped. Her entire right side of her body permanently disabled. Throughout my life, I’ve watched her struggle and progress through things that I’m not entirely sure i could even do. She’s had two brain surgeries, open heart surgery, and a number of scars on her body entailing all the hardships she’s been through. Her husband of 0ver 20 years, my dad, had stood by her the entire time. Up until 8 months ago. My father had started using drugs, and everything was falling apart. He’d leave to Ft.Lauderdale for months at a time, and finally he came back and decided he wanted a divorce. My sister and dad were no longer living in our house, just me and my mom alone. My dad’s mother then started threatening to kick us out of the house, because my dad was never able to make any of the house payments or bills. My boyfriend came down from Daytona and put just about our entire house in a U-HAUL truck. It was me, him, and my mom. We sat in the truck for almost 2 days driving to south Texas to be with my mother’s family. 8 months later she’s doing so much better than anyone would’ve expected. She’s my personal hero, no one on this planet could accomplish as much as she has in my eyes.

Story submitted by stacy turner