This is my absolutely weird, and absolutely wonderful mom, Gayle. She was larger than life. Everything she did was intense. She loved intensely. She fought intensely. She worked intensely. And her life story was no less intense. She has over 50 technology patents (firmware engineering, to be exact) to her name. She saw Martin Luther King speak. She broadcasted a live Grateful Dead concert. She raised wild horses, three kids, and a whole lotta hell. I’d be lying if I said it was always easy to be