Thankyou heaps for sharing your story with the community. Again, you should have no regrets about sharing this with people, it may be the kick in the ass (excuse my language) someone needs to tell that special person they love them too!
Thankyou for sharing such a personal story, that in itself takes a lot of courage. I hope your first day of spring went OK, and with those sad memories I pray you have been flooded with all of the good memories as well. I am sure your mum is smiling down on you, full of love and admiration! You managed to raise a kid by yourself and have blessed those around you. Your mum would be extremely proud!!