It could improve her qualifications and create new opportunities at work.
She found the information online.
She reviewed the costs and requirements.
And one evening, she mentioned the idea to Sophie.
Her daughter's face brightened.
“Mum, you should absolutely do it.”
Emma laughed.
“It's a lot of work.”
“So?”
“And I'll have assignments.”
“You survived helping me with mathematics. You can survive anything.”
Emma smiled.
“That's a very generous assessment.”
Sophie leaned across the table.
“Seriously. You always tell me I shouldn't be afraid to try new things.”
“I do.”
“Then maybe it's time you listened to your own advice.”
Emma applied.
Several weeks later, she received confirmation that she had been accepted.
It was a small beginning.
But it mattered.
For the first time in years, Emma was planning something that belonged entirely to her.
She was not abandoning motherhood.
She was not forgetting the past.
She was simply making room for a part of herself that had waited patiently for attention.
