it's kinda absurd how Laura just give one of her most treasured stuff to Emma for a trivial purpose (potting a cut flower). At least the broken vase seems to help in building some tension through the story?Nicely written overall anyways, enjoying the read.

I really like how you have the heartfelt moments all around, with Emma's mishaps here and there, but not entirely engulfing the story. However, for this chapter, the mishap was less living and devastating-sounding when read, a bit blunt so to say. When Emma cut her hair and decapitated the teddy bear, it sounded like a crazy event, and the words sort of sounded living when read. For this one, though, I'm not sure if I can say the same. The short paragraph about the broken vase (i.e. "A few days later ... memory of my mother alive.") wasn't very satisfying as a reader. I'm not trying to sound mean or anything, just trying to provide some constructive criticism.