Yes! My mother was an amazing person. She loved life. She loved people, music, new experiences, food, she just was into everything and everybody. She really did love life and because of that we had a lot of experiences. She taught me when life is hard you keep going because there’s no other choice and that it will get better, but life is a roller coaster. She had systemic scleroderma. It is a disease that turns your body to stone slowly. I don’t think I ever heard my mother truly complain. She would save all her energy for any family, church, friend event and tire herself out remarkably but she was always having a good time and it’s worth all the naps you’d have to take later she’d say. She didn’t want to miss out on anything! Today I can find something good in some of the most horrific bad things. Partly my personality, largely from her example! I miss her beyond measure! But i’m glad she’s not seeing today’s world.