The truth behind my running story goes back to my childhood. My mother passed away at age 53 only a week before I started high school. It was one of the toughest things I ever had to go through at 14 years old. I spent the next year of my life kind of feeling down and depressed if you want to call it that. I simply didn't know how I would go on. My friends, although supportive, didn't really know what to say to me. After all, they still had both of their parents. I felt