This is an abbreviated series, which began 22 years ago. Because there are so many new readers who pick up The Washington Informer each year, I feel it is my duty to write this series every year in November, for National Diabetes Month. The original article was taken from an online publication written by me back in 2003, only months after the death of my mother, Rev. Fannie Estelle Hill Grant. Since its publication, the original article has made its way around the world. It is posted in Africa, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, Europe and Asia, it has been translated into different languages, and it appears all across America. Allow me to share the story of my mother again.