What It Means to Be Unhurried

“Mama, I cleaned up the mess." His voice was so small. This is the repair: the knock, the hug, and the ugly cry. And then the second rupture I didn't see coming: the piano, the flashback, the moment I heard my father's voice in mine and had to let go of the thing I thought made me a good mother. This is what unhurried actually means—not as a mood, but as a way of moving through your life at your own pace instead of the world's.

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