Six months ago, a letter from my mother changed my life.

With plans to relocate to be closer to my father and brother, I never imagined it would put me in the same city as the one person I never knew existed until recently. Nor did I believe that I would find the love I had always wished for.

When faced with tragedy, I never dreamed that the family I had always known would extend to include so many. Now I have learned that family is more than blood, and their love is always there for you to lean on.