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The other day my nephew video called me and gestured that he did not want to continue the call. Rather, his mind was fixated on the window he was facing, the view of cars passing in the street. I smiled and let him go because that was what he wanted; I was not upset for him not focusing on our call like before, or felt like not talking to him anymore because. He was, after all, a child, destined to grow, learn, mature, and leave home one day. And my love was so great that I did not need an equal amount of affection to confirm my love for him. Later that night, I marveled at this finding: that I learned love. It reminded me of an old saying: that true love liberates. He was free, and so was I.