Five minutes before this, my mom made some snarky comment about how I abandoned my family for a hobby. You wrinkled your nose and said, What an odd thing to say about your son chasing his dreams and succeeding, when most people don’t even have the courage to dream. Nobody has ever stood up to my mom for me before, but you did, because you always fight for your people. Don’t you, Care? Always fighting for the people you love. So why aren’t you fighting for yourself right now?”

