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My heart hurts.

I can't say I ever imagined I'd be eulogizing my mother in the same regular column where I once implored Dabo Swinney to consume his own excrement, but here we are.

For those of you who have not been along for this ride, I lost my dear and beautiful mother on Friday evening after a long rollercoaster of a battle in the hospital. She was everything I ever could have asked for in a mom, and more. To say my heart is shattered would be a massive understatement.

My mom

For 27 years of my life, my mom was my biggest fan, my biggest supporter, my biggest advocate and the person I always knew I could go to when I couldn't turn anywhere else.