I know I will never forget what it felt like to hear over the phone that my HIV test came back with a positive result. Damn!! Life as I had hoped it would turn out was over. I couldn't see past the diagnosis. Yet the next thing I did feel was an overwhelming sense of loneliness because who could I tell, but more importantly, who could I trust? I thought my mom would end up burying me due to complications from AIDS. I never saw any simulation post-diagnosis in which I would actually recover. Well, my mom's worst nightmare did not come true. However, years later after disclosing to my entire family, my worst nightmare did come true and my mom died without me being there to show her one last time my love for her.
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