another day, another mall

today boy1 and i went shopping.....just the two of us. i can't remember the last time that happened. he's 22 now and pretty much buys whatever he needs. so he doesn't feel the need to spend hours at a mall with his mom. he's going to be touring again this summer and then moving to an out of state college in September. i guess the knowledge that he won't be living close by for much longer makes me treasure moments together.

i feel blessed that we have a great relationship and it wasn't weird at all for us to be hanging out. he wanted a sports coat and a couple of nice shirts but isn't much of a shopper. he asked me to help him find nice, affordable stuff. (translation: he trusts me to not dress him like a geek -- that's pretty cool)

we really had a nice time....talked about college and his hopes and dreams. no distractions from siblings. just me and him. good times.

3 comments:

  1. Treasure these times. Oh, wait, you do! Good for you (and him.) The coolest thing is, as you said, that he trusts you to not make him look geeky :-)

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  2. It must so great to have grown up kids and just hang out with them. I'm looking forward to that - although I love hanging out with them at this age, too, of course.

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