Yesterday, August 2nd, 2007, was my mom’s birthday. She is now 57 and I can guarantee that when she was my age she never envisioned her life turning out like this.  Unable to walk, unable to feed herself, unable to live in her own home.  The reality though, is that none of us foresee this for ourselves. But suffering happens, it’s natural in a variety of ways, and it’s how we deal with this suffering that eventually makes us who we are.

For my mom’s birthday, I have made her a video. It’s not much, but I hope it captures the moment in some small way.

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