Gemotions

The world was newly painted, the air thick with possibility. She felt a lightness in her chest, a giddy rush that made her want to leap and twirl. The apology, delivered after all these years, felt like a gift, a promise. She had held so much anger. Now? Now she felt strangely… empty, but in a good way.

She grabbed her coat and practically skipped out the door, the letter clutched in her hand. The city hummed with a vibrant energy that matched her own. The sky seemed bluer, the air crisper. She felt an overwhelming impulse to share, to connect. She would call her mother, she decided, and tell her everything.