Adieu

This morning my mother left San Jose,

bound for the cold and love in Minneapolis.

We had the best of times

learning these new versions of ourselves and

made tremendous inroads in our communication and gentleness:

it was so refreshing to see us both so grown up and full of love and respect,

going to yoga

shopping at the farmers market

sitting and talking until late morning

Janey in her lap

lamplit studio naps for her, working for me

heart to hearts

endless ENDLESS marmalade stirring with my mom manning the candy thermometer

(I have resigned myself to being a sauce-maker - the jelling point seems to ever elude me but oh my goodness, did we laugh)

brioche

jicama

korean barbecue

bungalow specs

selling Fits to strangers at Trader Joe's

(seriously, this woman asked about my car in the parking lot and I showed her Penny post-accident and extolled the virtues of this magnificent sub-compact car that Honda makes - give me five minutes, you'll buy a Fit.

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We saw the woman in the grocery store some fifteen minutes later looking at pasta and she jokingly held up a container and asked what I thought of it and we laughed really hard)

the good times :)

Here's to more visits, to even better weather next time

and the promise of this new phase of our lives as mother and daughter.

Off to list and work with gusto and renewed energy,

Sunny One