Maryanne sniffled softly. It still made her heart sing when he called her Mama. Just like it had the first time he did.
"Believe it or not you are. And you do, every day." She forced a little smile, even if it didn't reach her eyes. "It's... the anniversary. He's been gone for a year. It's just hard on days..." She almost wanted to say 'that ended in y' but she didn't. She left it so that he could assume that she meant 'like this'.