It's Mother's Day: Meet the best person I've ever known

It's Mother's Day. And on this special day, I reflect on the best person I have ever known – Viola LoBaido. Nobody even comes close. She was the mother who adopted me. The mother who gave me everything she could during her time on Earth. The mother who promised she'd look out for me from the great beyond.

It was long ago. … When I was 11 years old the internet was waiting for us decades into the future. There were no iPads. No Roblox. A mouse pad was merely a hole in the wall. There were only three TV stations ...