Imerge Magazine dec 2013 | Page 25

else in the room had known for a long time - my mother was something special. At the time I was about 5 years old so in my eyes my mother was everything. She was my protector, my guardian, my teacher, my playmate and anything else a young girl needed. This was when I realized that other people also saw how special she was… and still is. As far back as I can remember, Mom was always involved in something that gave something back to the people around her and it normally involved arts – drama, music, and writing. Mom was, and still is, an artistic force to be reckoned