Lily
"Stop looking at me as if I were a porcelain doll that's going to break as soon as I leave here." My mother has been standing in front of me, without speaking or moving for nearly twenty minutes. She hasn't told me in words not to go, but she hasn't supported me like she usually does.
"I'm still not convinced. But you're an adult now and I can't force you. I just ask that you don't drink alcohol and that you eat. I'd like you to do it here so I can make sure you do, but I know you won't. You're a very stubborn girl."
I watch my mother through the mirror. I know she worries a lot about me and Tony, but it's time for her to start enjoying the young years she has left, and I hope that starts soon. I love seeing her succeed as a professional woman, but it's time for her to turn the pag
