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“There were two situations where I saw my mom as ‘just a girl.’ The first one was before COVID-19. My mom and her friend’s daughter had come over to do a dance my mom had choreographed together. When they were doing it, I remember thinking, Mom’s looking the happiest she’s been in years. I realized then that dancing was one of her passions, and every time I see her dance, it reminds me of that moment.”
“The second time was earlier this year. My mom’s dad passed away, and we had to go to India for the rituals and the funeral. My older brother and I hadn’t gone back in a little over eight years. We were driving somewhere in a rickshaw when my mom saw a vegetable that my brother and I had never eaten fresh before. She told the driver to stop, giddily got out, retrieved the vegetable, and said, ‘You guys HAVE to experience this. It’s amazing fresh.'”
—Anonymous
