From Hopeless To Hopeful

I was born to single mom—Dad left and never came back. He was a heroin addict and played guitar in a rock band. I was an only child and very attached to my mom. Unfortunately, I lost her to complications of diabetes when she was 58. A few years later, I finally met and developed a great relationship with my dad, but he died three years later. He was clean when he died, but years of abuse to his body from drugs took their toll and he passed from kidney failure at 65