with loving warmth, and she said: "Hmm? So do you want my help?" "What could you do, mom? I mean I've had sex ed, you know, I don't think you could tell me much new." "Can you open a bra?" she asked, smiling. I felt awkward unsurprisingly. "Well, u-uh. Not really, I mean, that was one of the problems and..." I drew a deep breath in surprise as my mother pulled her loose wool sweater over her head. "M-mom? What?" She hugged me, pressing close, feeling soft and warm. "Practice