When my mom was pregnant with me, the doctors at one of the hopsitals said to abort me for her own safety. Of course my mom, like the mother in this song, wanted to hold on to me and give me whatever chance at life I had. They they transferred to a different hospital.

I was taken out three months early, and weighed 2 pounds, 10 ounces. The doctors didn’t believe I was going to live, and if I was, I would have a lot of problems (brain, nervous, respiratory).

I survived the first year, and was constantly connected to a tank of oxygen with breathing tubes.

And as is says here, I’m “out to prove the doctors wrong”. And I do look a lot like my mother.

So here I am, 17 years old, a Junior in high school, and perfectly healthy.

Thank you for not giving up on me, Mom. I love you.