VIOLET SWAN.

OREGÓN-PORTLAND.

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My mother’s story has stirred something deep inside me — something I didn’t even know could still be beating in my chest. I never imagined all she had gone through over the years: keeping silent, hiding wounds, giving love without ever receiving anything in return. And now here we are, in this tiny kitchen packed with stories, the scent of cinnamon and lemon slipping through the small silences between us.

“You don’t have to do that, Violet,” she sa