Everything Left Unsaid

Kayla and her mother, Susan, were never on the same page. But months after Susan's death, Kayla is rifling through old family recipes when she finds one for World War II cake. As she bakes the cake alongside her young autistic daughter, Kayla learns something about her mother — and about the different languages we use to express love.
 

This short story originally appeared in the anthology A Million Ways: Stories of Motherhood.