My Little Critical Thinker

                 After thinking long and hard about this subject I have chosen to write about my Mother. When I was about three years old my biological mom left my Dad, younger sister and myself. Of course I was devistated by the fact that the only Mom I had known had abandoned her two living daughters. I now know that my biological Mom didn't desire to actually be a parent and left because it was too hard for her. Granted, she was young when my parents got married and she was young when my older sister was born. The fact that my older sister had severe medical issues that caused a lot of stress on my parents and grandmother. Shortly after my older sister passed away my biological mother had the unnatrual urge to leave her children. A couple of years passed and my biological mother hadn't had any contact with my father or her children.
               My father began to move on and dated this one woman whom he brought around my younger sister and myself. They dated for a while and eventually became engaged and later would become married. This is the woman I consider my Mother. She is the one that took over from day one and without hesitation and started raising my sister and myself. She took us to all of our doctors appointments, took us to get our hair cut, taught us how to drive and everything in between. I think one bravest things she did was locate my biological mom and brought us back into communication with her.      
             I know that this could not have been an easy decision and she definitely had to think about all of the pros and cons of this. The thought process for her to figure out if she should locate the woman that gave birth to her two daughters or not must have been a tough road to travel. Now that I'm older I realize that it was for the fact that my parents wanted my sister and I to have the ability to see our biological mom and there was also the underlying custody of us. The thought process that my Mom had to go through with being married and already having two kids to take care of is something I couldn't imagine. She had to seriously consider the outcomes, good and bad with having my biological mom in my life The major transitions for my mom came at an alarming speed but she handled everything amazingly. The thought of being single one day to married with two kids the next day is something that I admire about my Mom's decision to be such a big part of my life. 
            I'm very appreciative of the decision my Mom made to be in my family. I feel that she is the center of my family and I don't know where I would be if she wouldn't have made the decision to be a part of our lives, not only mine but my sister's and mine as well. She had to make a decision to drastically change her life in an instant and I'm eternally grateful.