Umi means ocean

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Dec 17, 2021
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There are deep hollows beneath my mother’s eyes, and from where I stand, she has never looked older. Her gray roots tell me she hasn’t taken care of herself for days. I promptly feel an immense amount of fluency towards her— a nurture that she’s always given to me.

“She called me Umi.”

Hm? My mom hums.

“Grandma. She said umi meant ‘sea’ in Japanese. She …

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