Suggests change and the passage of time and the inevitable journey that everyone’s goes on. The magic of childhood is dying as the steady move forward to the new and away from the past, from childhood to adulthood.
“I am homesick.. my mother speaks.”
Suggests she is homesick because she misses what she has left behind but is excited at the thought of being free to explore the world without restriction. As she shapes her new identity the love of her mother will always be there. It highlights the inevitability of having to learn to be independent without anyone to rely on.
