#674 Meet Me Here- Bryn Chancellor
People mourn in different ways. Zoey’s father has died. She and her newly widowed mother are traveling to Europe soon after. She is brooding and upset and her life is in a holding pattern; her mother is carefree and has gotten plastic surgery, it is her second life.
As they travel to see the sights, Zoey ruminates on having a child. She and her husband have been arguing about it. They both wanted one, but now Zoey is not sure. Seeing her mother unattached and happy deepens this feeling, but also deepens her resentment and confusion. She cannot see her mother’s pain through the literal and symbolic façade, she has put up. Family feelings can get complicated, it’s hard to focus on the future when the past is still weighing you down.
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