NPOY Portfolio First Place - Rob Finch
"To Be A Mom"
It's hard for Patty Colletti to pull her son, Craig, away from his classroom after only hour of second grade. Patty must keep Craig out of unsanitary situations because of his weakened immune system.
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Who would be wise enough, bold enough, to define a mother's love? Ask Patty Colletti, and she will tell you there are no parameters. Certainly, the bond that grows can become taut, for parenting is a roller coaster of emotions, even in the good times. But when the child you love is gravely ill, that bond wraps around mother and child so tightly, the two become as one. Who would be wise enough, bold enough, to define a mother's pain? Only those who understand the love. Only those who have felt it pierce their heats. This is the story of Patty her fight to hold on to her son, Craig.