The story goes around in circles as the daughter reflects her own separation anxiety on her younger sister who is beginning school. The four-year-old child however, reminds her mother to calm down and have faith in her growing independence. Lastly, the story ends wisely and sadly with a comment on how motherhood is full of such worries.
With all these experiences shared candidly by the author; she talks openly about them so that we can reflect on them well. This has been achieved through a good narrative structure that clearly shows the relationship between past and present during this eternal interplay of generations.