Deesha Philyaw's Blog, page 6

The Best Co-Parent You're Allowed To Be

About 7 1/2 years ago, I received a call from a family friend telling me that I need to return to my hometown of Jacksonville, Florida right away. My mother had cancer (which I knew), and she was at stage 4 (which I did not know...or maybe I sort of knew from the sideways way my mom had sort of told me a few weeks earlier when I was visiting). My mother had been admitted to the hospital. Her pain was severe, and the doctors did not expect her to make it through the night. I had to board a pla...