Wow~! I will confess, "overcoming" was not immediate nor was it the feeling closest to mind. Now however with it being written, me having now seen it, I will confess, it most certainly is.

It arrives with a myriad of pain and a wee bit of confusion between guilt and anger.

The guilt is for MOM, she never having arrived alive to enjoy this release of emotions.

Anger is for me, not having been able to let free in time for MOM to have seen me, in this newer light.

But I feel that in so many other ways, I have survived, overcome and conquered/