Lila Lovely Caution Wet Mom < VALIDATED >

Her mother turned slowly, rain dripping from her chin. “I’m learning to hold it,” she said. “The caution. The wet. All of it.”

“Mom?”

Lovely, always lovely, with her hand-knitted cardigans and the way she hummed old songs while drying dishes. But now there was something else. Caution. Every step measured. Every glance at the ceiling, at the windows, at the rising puddle in the backyard. lila lovely caution wet mom