Encouragement
I guess you could say things were tough for Mom and me for a long time. She got pregnant with me when she was still in high school and although she told me a bit about my dad its not like he was ever around. Still, growing up she never left me needing for anything but we never did have much money. Our relationship was always pretty good, we butted heads a bit but in the end all we ever really had was each other. Things, however, took a great and interesting turn when she finally tried to...