Always behind Me

There has never been a time when my grandmother wasn’t with me, helping me in any way she could. She left everything she ever had in Mississippi to come help my mother with me, the moment I was born. From then on she dedicated all of herself to making my life the best it could be. As I grew up and her time with me was less, her dedication was not. I know that there will never come a day when she is not willing and wanting to listen to my problems or forfeit anything she is able to for me.
My mother had me when she was nineteen in Greenville, North Carolina. At the time y grandmother lived in Mississippi, with her family and friends. Although she knew her involvement was much needed, she understood and respected that the everyday upbringing was the responsibility of my mother. So she decided to leave her life in Mississippi and buy a house in Greenville; that way she would be closer to help my mother. For the first years of my life my grandmother saw me everyday. She also he...