Sometimes a girl, even a girl in her thirties, just needs her mom. Â I’ve been longing for that special kind of comfort and encouragement that only my mom can offer, so I was thrilled when she rolled into town on the Thursday afternoon train. Â The weekend was full of so much quality mother-daughter time – we made the grand tour de Southcenter and shopped till we dropped, we cooked dinner together, we curled up on the couch to read or watch chick flicks. Â She hugged me tight when I poured out my heart, and made chicken soup when Shane and I craved a good rainy-evening meal. Â We spent yesterday afternoon strolling through Kubota Gardens, wanting to soak up those last bits of Fall color clinging to the trees (and also walk off our earlier visit to the Theo chocolate factory…).
I said a teary good-bye to her this morning as she boarded her train to Portland – there was no chicken soup for dinner tonight, no one to share my pot of peppermint tea. Â At least I can count on Shane to take in a good chick flick with me (he’s sensitive like that). Â I miss you already, Mom – thanks for the home-cooked meals, the words of wisdom, and most of all, the hugs.