She is always on the run, trying to work everyday and attend shows for her business as well as taking care of her four children. She just turned 42 the other day and she still acts like she is a teenager. She is my mom, but sometimes I wonder if she knows she still is. I love my mom and I always try to spend every minute of her free time with her, but it is never very much. I used to see her about 2 days a week all through my high school years, but now only about once a month. Business has been her life ever since she opened her first sex shop in 1980. I know my mom loves her work and how could you not owning a store like she does, but she has never been the mom that a little girl needs in her life.
             The day I started kindergarten was when I began to realize how busy my mom was all the time. All the other children in my class always talked about their mothers and how wonderful they are. I knew mine was wonderful, but I didn't know that much about her to prove it. My mom would pick me up from day care every night around 8:00 and from then until she put me to bed was the only part of her life I was in. She would bring me home and tell me about her day and read me a story. Honestly that was the part of my day I looked forward to the most. I know my mom tried so hard to be there for me, but with running her own business that was a huge challenge.
             As I entered High school my mom and I became further and further apart. She became so distant from me that it was supper hard to talk to her about things. I can remember one particular night when I got pulled over by the cops. Apparently I had ran a red light about a quarter mile back and the cop had finally caught up with me to give me a ticket. As the cop approached the window of my car he asked if we would step out of the vehicle so he could search it. Tara my best friend and I were in the car and being so young we had no idea what the rules were, s
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