I grew up being raised by a single mother. My mother and I had a great relationship. I could talk to her about anything I felt like it. She always told me that she is a mother first and best friend second. We talked about anything possible to talk about. A time that made me happy in life was when my mother told me she love me. The down fall from the experience was that I could hear her saying it but I could read her lips. I stayed with my mother in the hospital for a full month. She was bitten by a spider and it trigger cancer. She had a tube down her throat so she could not talk. It was one night that she I had to help her to the bathroom, feed her, change her tube, etc. As I was trying to go sleep she got my attention by moving around a lot. She mouthed to me she loved me and when she mouthed that I got up and gave her a hug. We cried in each other arms and that moment made me happy. Lateefah Taylor (Mom) December 19, 1980-September 10, 2014! She will be missed and loved forever.