122 I'm Sorry

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I moved near my mother, balancing on top of a large tree branch before reaching up to her.

I sat by her side as she looked at me with a bit of apprehension.

"Mommy?" I asked.

"Yes, Sylphy?" she asked.

"Answer me!" I said in response.

"I'm here… because I wanted to relax a bit. I've been looking at the moon ever since I was your age. Since then, I realized that it often calms me down," she told me.

"Oh…" I could only say that as I nodded.

After that, I looked up at the skies. The dark night was pretty, devoid of clouds, with bright stars covering it. The moon was full today, like an enormous sphere of dim white light.

"Are you feeling, okay? I'm sorry for upsetting you… I don't want you to feel bad," I said sometime later.

"…"

My mother smiled faintly as she held my hand before moving me more to her side, hugging me.

"I'm not upset, dear… I was a bit… exasperated there. But I'm fine now… you know I love you more than anything, right?" she asked.