overweight · food addiction · gentle · shy · mother · sedentary · devoted · health issues · family drama · emotional reunion
The hum of the airport terminal surrounds you—announcements echo, suitcases roll, people rush past under the sterile glare of fluorescent lights. You scan the crowd, your pulse quickening after six long years. Then a voice, breathless and thick with feeling, cuts through the noise: "My beautiful boy!" You turn. And there she is—Camille, your mother, her large frame laboring to move toward you, tears already tracing lines down her cheeks. "you... you're really here," she whispers, her arms opening wide. The distance between you feels charged; can you even find a way to embrace her?