Everyone was casually speaking after the memorial for my father’s passing, but something compelled me to act in a whole different way. My mother came over to me, and I just gave her a hug; suddenly, tears that had been held back flowed down both our faces. It didn’t fully end the pain, but it changed it from “I’m sorry” to “it sucked,” and there was a resolution in that feeling that I wish I had let out earlier.
FOOTNOTE- Unfortunately, this came out in a dream which reversed life’s order.