Weekend Bliss

It has been a wonderful weekend. All week shut inside with sickness and isolation....then hooray the weekend is here and the the girls come home. This weekend we do our semi annual trip to the bay area for a sample sale. We are trained true shoppers to get in and out of the designer warehouse. Going through racks quickly, looking for the unique and cute. Clothes that are not the cookie cutter mall clothes for one of my daughters.....spending her birthday money to update her wardrobe. The warehouse is crowded with other people....trying our best to not let me get near them or touch handles we are armed with hand sanitizer. We then take a needed break for a light breakfast snack at a nieghborhood coffee shop called "Farley's". Only locals who bring their babies and dogs crowd this in and outside seating area. The locals are freindly offering us a wonderful window booth. Savoring the moment of just being together over iced coffee and a sweet roll. It is early in SF...unusually hot for the the bay. We then head for Nordstrom to see if my daughter can use a gift cert. but the clothes are unispired. Too casual, no style for this young fashionista. Jen on the other hand could careless for the shopping and is content to just smile and add light conversation. Jen and I sleep on the way back to Sacramento....we stop at the outlets to check out some casual tee shirts that Jen ives in. She is not about style....she is about being herself. Comfortable in her own skin, only using clothing as a necessary item but not a statement on who she is. We are lucky.....she knows her size snags up several styles and boom we are done. We then need to hydrate and have a lemonade and salad. The day is not really about the shopping but about Mom and daughters sharing loving moments and time. Gossipping, laughing, sharing funny stories of the past and present. Talking about nutrition and how I will manage getting iron and lean protien when all I really can stomach is cereal and soy milk. But today I am able to eat.......and not get sick. Jen has a cold but is being careful to not to contaminate me. Ris has done all the driving and is brainstorming on what diet things we need to do. I am full of happiness and we head for home....beating the traffic but bonding our love. Blissful day just enjoying each other's company. Not many mom's could say that spending time with their daughters is better than having a million dollars. A reflection of a family we know......they have all the money in the world but do not spend time to get to know the children as adults. Each one is too busy and self involved to savor the simple moments. I am rich in the love of my adult children.....can honestly say they are my daughters but also my friends.