title: My Unflappable Mom: An Appreciation of Mothers (Extreme Images)
author:  Jonathan Chester 
description: Jonathan Chester is a veteran polar photographer and expeditioner.The photographs in this book are from his many Antarctic expeditions. Patrick Regan has written lots of bookssome with penguins, some without. You can learn more about Jonathan and Patrick and their books at extremeimages.com and patrickreganbooks.com. Previous books by this creative duo include <i>Flipping Brilliant </i>and<i> Stay Cool</i>.
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  # John’s Tale
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  I grew up the only child of a single mother and I was always proud of that
  fact. I loved my mother when I was a child, the fact that my father wasn’t in
  the picture never bothered me. You have to understand she was everything to me
  she was my mother, when she was around it was like the whole house felt
  lighter. It was like nothing dark or bad could ever touch you. I never needed
  a night light or a teddy bear, because I knew she was right down the hall.
  
  
  “Then why’d you kill her John.” The pug-faced public defender on the other
  side of the table asked.
  
  
  I groaned. “I’m telling you what happened just let me work my way to it.”
  
  
  “This is your last hearing your 18 now.” The public defender said. I could
  tell from the look i