Oh Bebe. This is so heartbreaking, heart touching, honest and a fabulous tribute to your Mother. I am so happy that you two shared all that you did, even though some of that time was so difficult. The part I excerpted above. I started to cry when I read that paragraph.
You write beautifully, my friend. Your Mom brought you into this world with your writing gift firmly implanted on a gene somewhere. Then you did all the hard work to nurture it to where it is today.
That’s mother and daughter teamwork of the finest kind.