Our Journey Continues

Our next guest spent part of her birthday with me a lady from New York and a Texas gal admiring each other's accents and me, in awe just how much Christine Clayton showed how BIG a mother's love truly is! This is the story and fight of Nicole in her mother's words in our next episode "Our Journey Goes On"

On September 30, 2021, my beautiful daughter Nicole aka Nikki to many others, lost her last battle with end stage renal failure due to Juvenile Diabetes. She is forever 41. She battled Juvenile Diabetes since the age of nine. Nicole was not just a daughter. She was a cousin, a niece, a friend and mostly a loving Mom, she not just loved her daughter Kayla, she adored her!!!

Nicole was silly, funny, loved music, loved to dance, and had the best laughter even at herself. She had the brightest

blue eyes that would sometimes turn the lightest gray. Just stunning! She loved to embarrass me intentionally. And I gladly reciprocated She was a sensitive, compassionate giving

person and at times stubborn. Nicole loved her family fiercely and we loved her just the same. In March 2019 she had started to get extremely sick and was told she needed TWO organ

transplants, a kidney, and a pancreas. Immediately I said I would donate my kidney. I was not a direct match, so I went into the Kidney swap program for her. Unfortunately, at that

time many things were happening. Covid hit, elective surgeries were put on hold, dialysis started to take its toll on her and her health continued to fail.

She kept fighting to the very end.

That was who my girl was.

After her passing and mourning her, I decided to continue our journey, knowing all too well who she was would fully support my decision. So, back to the kidney swap program I went.

On May 9, 2023, I donated my kidney in her honor. Fulfilling the journey we started. Because of her many lives were saved. Because of her many families will never go through what my family had to endure. Now, her legacy lives on & on .....

Episode drops Friday