“Mom.” A cluster of the word and everything it meant fell from her mouth.
The first words Midoriko ever vocalized in this entire book so far, & it's "mom"...
How it's such a simple, commonplace & universal word, but here, it captures so name complicated feelings & emotions & thoughts that must be zooming thru both Midoriko’s and her mom's mind.
Motherhood, womanhood, daughterhood.
