I asked Dewanna King what the moment was like.
It was 10:44 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse when her son Devonté Graham — during his senior speech following his final home game — choked up while admitting that she was the one who gave him strength.
What runs through a mother's mind then? What are you thinking about when, while drying your own tears, you watch your son thank you for the man he's become?
King tried her best to explain it to me — while knowing it would be a while before I, the father of a 2-year-old, would fully understand.