On October 10 of 2018 I received a private message via Facebook from a friend, Erika, who thought I may be interested in reading a story shared by her friend Tammy Marshall. When I finished, I was in tears. You see, Tammy was not only on her own very painful journey with multiple surgeries, but she had also just lost her Mom weeks after I did. I think Erika was trying to connect us for more than one reason. (Thank you, Erika.) I reached out to Tammy and immediately felt like