Hey there.

I can't exactly give a full review because your story is too short.
Try making it a little longer.
Although this one was good. You decribed the mother well, so when you
write something longer I'm sure it'll be great.

That's it though.
-hope i helped

Ooooh, very cute!

But like yellowsun says, way too short. Make it longer by using more vivid description on the mc, mc's mother and setting.
Also, one more thing that I was confused about-

-All I remember is her look of drowsy dismay. And that she had three extra sugars in her tea.
And after that you wrote
-I have so many stories of my mother, my mother the roting flower child, the clumsy house wife, a secondary concern.

Why write all you remember about her is how she looks, when after that you tell us you know so many stories of your mother. Which means you remember much more then just her drowsy look.

Good luck with your editing!
*winie*

This isn't really a short story, because it's not a story at all. A story has a beginning, middle, and end. It has 3-D characters with emotions. It has a backstory.

Don't tell us what happened - tell it to us as it is happening. That doesn't mean it has to be in present tense, but try to tell things in order and with as much clarity as if we were actually there. Use all the five senses. Tell us how she feels. Tell us how the emotions effect her physically. Let us feel the tension between them, the feeling of let-down the mother portrays.

And give us a story, This is just a meeting - nothing more. We want to know why they haven't met, why they met that day - everything. Characters should be living, breathing people. Their story doesn't end here.

Read short stories. Published ones. They're a thousand times different than novels, and I think reading them will help you get a feel of what they should be like.

PM me for anything.

~JFW1415