HOW IS MOTHERHOOD DEFINED?

Is it solely the role of the one who gave birth?

Or is it, rather, a profound form of care—

an act of love that puts the other first,

that protects without asking for anything in return,

that embraces fully and offers everything, without limit?

As the years go by, the relationship between mother and daughter transforms.

It becomes a circular dance, a spiral of affection in constant motion. Roles intertwine, blur, and sometimes reverse. There comes a moment when the mother becomes the daughter and the daughter takes on the tender gesture of a mother.

But even as the roles shift,

a trace always remains — a subtle memory of what once was.

This series is born from that bond.

From the reunion with my mother in the land I now call home,

from her visit — a hug that crossed the ocean.