Nick has been thinking about what a great mother he has; she is a saint. Nick has been surrounded by loving, strong women his whole life. His Mom has to endure so much, and it has made her incredibly strong; including the divorce from Nick's Dad. Nicks Father was fit and worked out a lot; always running, until the day he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. It was an awakening inside of him, and Nicks parents reconciled.