Mothers come in many different packages, and you don’t have to give birth to be a mother. I did, so this is part of my story.  Without question, being a parent has been the hardest yet most important job I’ve ever done.  Like most people, I had NO FRIGGIN CLUE what I was doing. Some days I still don’t! I was super excited to be a mom, even though I was not in a good or stable environment at the time. I knew that the tiny human inside me was going to change my life in a profound way- and…