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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