Katherine Oung’s mother says “I love you” with plates of cut fruit. She say it with cups of coffee.

The Best Money I Ever Spent is a personal essay series from The Goods about the purchases that changed our lives in ways big and small, and it's a Vox Quick Hits exclusive audio series. This episode was produced by Schuyler Swenson, edited by Alanna Okun and mixed by Paul Mounsey.

You can read Katherine's essay here.

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