Growing up without my mother because of her addiction left me with a lot of bitterness. Mothers play such a major role in a child’s life, and there were so many moments I wished I could turn to her. Instead, I leaned on other family members like my grandmom and my aunts, who stepped up in incredible ways. But no matter how much they did for me, they still weren’t my mom. For a long time, I struggled to understand addiction. It wasn’t until I started Empowering Cuts and began traveling the countr