“Mothers are complicated. You grow up thinking you know who they are. And then something happens and you realize they have all these layers, pieces of themselves you didn’t know were there—because they’ve been carrying around stuff you knew nothing about. But maybe it goes the other way too. Maybe mothers don’t always see their children as they really are. I think your mother is starting to figure it out, though. She seems ready to let go a little—to let you be you. I think it might be an opportunity to connect as adults rather than just mother and son.”
