Celebrating Mom's Paper Acceptance

Accept.

Accepted for publication.

“Mom! Mom! It’s accepted! Accepted!”

“…Right? I’m not reading it wrong, am I?”

“Woohehing-! Mom got her paper accepted by a top-tier journal!”

I jumped up and down on the spot, beside myself with excitement.

Mom stared at the screen for a long while, then the corners of her mouth curled into a grin.

“Heh heh heh…”

Mom’s broad, beaming smile was absolutely adorable.

And then I suddenly realized something important...