To Be Determined

Some lives are shaped by love.
Others are forged through survival.

But for some, the love of a mother—imperfect and flawed though it may be—remains the thread that holds them together when everything else unravels. Even in the darkest of times, when the world felt cruel and uncaring, the memory of that love, however fractured, was a quiet beacon. It wasn't always protective or nurturing, but it was a love that fought to survive, just like the child who carried it.

This is the story of a childh...