The Day You Saw Your Parent Was a Person
You caught your mum crying. Quietly, in the kitchen, when she thought no one could see — about something to do with work, or her own worries, something grown-up and real. She wiped her eyes fast when she noticed you and said "I'm fine, love." It rattled you. You're used to your mum being the strong one, the one who fixes things, the steady centre. Seeing her sad and small for a second cracked something open. She's not just "Mum." She's a whole person, with her own fears, who doesn't always have it figured out. You don't quite know what to do with that.
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