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My mom was 12 years old when red spots started to stain her pale skin. She was 14 years old when she started to evacuate blood, 15 when she was diagnosed with lupus, and 17 when she had cardiac arrest and died. Yet, I was still born and she had me when she was 25. Whenever I bring up the incidence, she always remembers those brief moments of peace before coming back to life. She recalls not wanting to come back, for it will only bring back the pain and suffering. Yet, she found it in her heart to fight back and took her second first breath. From that moment on, she has graduated university with a degree in marketing, worked as a teacher, found the love of her life, and become a mom of three wonderful children plus a lovely husky pup named Lola. Still, life continued to remind her of the macabre illness that lived within her. In total, she had to take up to fifteen to twenty pills per day. A specific pill, namely steroids, had the potency to attenuate her sickness, but also the potency to make her lose all her hair, stimulate acne and weight gain, plus induce excessive fatigue. Also, the sun made her sick, so she could not really go out the house as a teenager. Nonetheless, despite all the setbacks, she has become a woman of strength and endurance. A year before marrying my dad, my mom entered remission with the help from a wonderful team of doctors and specialists. Then she had me and my brothers successfully, and we had a normal family for a while. Back when I was in third grade, a little one of just 9 years old, my mom's illness relapsed and became two illnesses. UC and lupus; UC stands for ulcerative colitis, which basically means that her colon is always inflamed and prone to give bloody diarrhea. After that, my world completely changed. I spent weeks without seeing my mom, I slept at my friend's houses during school days, and took care of my little brothers. But, most importantly, I learned that patience enables you to relax in situations that you can’t control, that family is sacred and should be appreciated and respected, that unconditional love brings you peace, and that hope will always lead towards happiness. Today, my mom is no longer sick, she is in remission. Cause’ she believed she could fight back, so she did.