~One week later Eric The day after the memorial of my father, mom called an Alpha council meeting. This time she called all the new Alphas and Lunas along with all the former Alphas and Lunas. This was going to be a big meeting. Throughout the week she seemed to push herself out of the darkness. I could tell she was still hurting but there was something else there now, determination and anger. It wasn’t often that we saw mom angry so seeing it now was almost odd but I understood her anger. Mom was starting to push herself to do all the things she normally did and Venita and I made a point of going to see her once a day. Most of the time we went for dinner just to make sure she was cooking and eating something. She was. It’s now that I realize just how strong my mother is and not once