Growing Through It: Her faith, my foundation

This past week, I said goodbye to my grandmother. For so many years, I didn't know her. My dad and I had been estranged since I was six, and it wasn't until I was 18 that I finally got to build a relationship with her. That gave me 17 years with her—17 years for which I will never stop being thankful. In that time, “Mammy” taught me so much—grace, wisdom, patience. She wasn't perfect, and neither am I. We disagreed plenty of times. But, she loved me through every season, and that love le