Unbreakable Thread

A bittersweet celebration of the everlasting bond between a mother and child through the changing phases of their lives.

The thread between a mother and child starts to unwind when the child begins to walk, talk, and run.

It stretches a little more on the first day of school.

It swirls and unfurls the further the child gets from Mom's reach.

One thing is constant - that it always remains. Emily Joof channeled her Gambian upbringing to pen this story, which was inspired by a local tradition of leaving a thread with the child when a parent travels.