This is a great piece with incredibly relatable lines: "Dad's death felt ridiculous," for example. You didn't need to say much after that; it was clear what was implied, and I like that level of thoughtfulness.
While this is VERY much a family story, and how families connect and adapt and relate, I might be the dissenting voice when I say that I think the magic IS essential. Magic is part of that connection, of the relevance, of what finally binds mother and child. Now, they can communicate over more than food. Now, there is an openness when so many doors had been bizarrely closed when she left.
This is excellent. I haven't commented much recently, but I felt compelled to do so here.
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Date: 2019-04-09 07:43 pm (UTC)While this is VERY much a family story, and how families connect and adapt and relate, I might be the dissenting voice when I say that I think the magic IS essential. Magic is part of that connection, of the relevance, of what finally binds mother and child. Now, they can communicate over more than food. Now, there is an openness when so many doors had been bizarrely closed when she left.
This is excellent. I haven't commented much recently, but I felt compelled to do so here.