ROE-361 A night of drinking with my beloved mother. I grew up, swept away by alcohol and overwhelming emotions. Momoko Isshiki

I lost my husband when my son Gaku was still very young, and since then the two of us have lived together. As Gaku approached 20, he increasingly began to resemble his father, and as a mother I felt joy at seeing him grow, while as a woman I also felt a bittersweet sense of longing in that resemblance… Then, on the night of his 20th birthday, we shared a drink together for the first time in his life. I am not very strong when it comes to alcohol, but that day it tasted especially good, and I ended up drinking a little too much. Gaku also seemed to be getting tipsy, and he became unusually affectionate toward me…