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The bond between Mother and Son is the strongest bond I have ever experienced in my life.

I have one child of my own and that is my son. We have such a closeness that I really do feel when he is about to call me on the phone. This may sound silly, but believe me it happens. Tonight was an example of just that. I called to wish him and his family a "Happy Valentine's Day", when he answered he said, I was just getting ready to call you to wish you and dad the same. I think because he is my only child, I have tried extra hard not to smother him as he grew up. I had to talk to myself as I saw him going through each phase of his life and to make sure I did not make him feel I was always hovering. I managed to pull that off and he has always remained very close to me.

When he was a sweet little boy, I protected him as much as I could. School is a learning ground for more than books. There is only so much a mother can do. I did try to always know where my son was and I "think" I knew most of his friends. There were always boys at our house, because I felt it was better to have them there than to not know where my own son was. These boys all called me "Mom" in those days. They were all at home at our house. My son never did question me about why he could not run here and there.

We were extra close, because his biological father was out of our life by the time he was four years old. My son and I could not have survived without each other. We went through so much,thankfully, he was too young to remember all of it. I was fortunate that I met a wonderful man, who I have been married to for 34 years. He adopted my son when he was just 7 years old. My son is now turning 40 and no longer that little boy of mine. I will always have that feeling of closeness and the bond will never be broken, because he is my son. I thank the "Good Lord" everyday of my life for giving me my wonderful son. Sometimes I wonder to myself, if maybe this is the reason I was given just one child.

I am not trying to say, my son was always an angel or never a teenager, but he was never in trouble. He did get defiant and mouthy for a while. I call that time, "The Breaking Away Time". He was getting older and just trying to assert himself. There was never anything drastic, we were fortunate. It was the regular things most parents go through,hair styles, cars, times to be home, rules... you all know about that stuff. My son and I always talked and the older he got the more things turned around, instead of

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