This is my big hearted, bizarre engineer mom Gayle. She submitted her first patent application at age 56. By age 66 she had 27 finalized patents in firmware technology. My whole life I’ve watched people assume the worst about her, underestimate her, or treat her poorly because she is different. I believe she deserves to have her legendary story heard - so I’ve spent the last two years telling her story here on social media. Last year, at age 77, her life story was featured on CBS News (link is i