ଭାଗିଦାରୀ ଧ୍ୱନି

It had honestly never crossed my mind that my mom had a name outside of “Mom.” In that moment, I felt completely lost, like I had somehow missed something obvious that everyone else just knew. The second school ended, I rushed home. She was in the kitchen, cooking like always, completely unaware of the small crisis I’d been having all day.