Yesterday I had agreed to meet up with my mother at the grocery store because she finds it unfair if she has to both go grocery shopping and cook alone - which is fair enough. She had been up working out as she does a few times a week and I just came home from work, so we had agreed to just meet at the store. My flag hung a little low that day, there was nothing wrong in particular, I just wasn't at the top of my game. She had obviously arrived before me and I knew she'd be inside already. She's not at all had to spot, sticking up between the aisles with her blonde hair. I saw her from the fruits and vegetables section through the window the separates the cool area from the rest of the store and it seemed odd to me that I waved at her but she didn't wave back, it just looked like she smiled faintly at me. I turned a corner and headed down the aisle of which she stood in the other end and as I approached her, I noticed that her face was somewhat different than usual. Perhaps the colour was a bit off its regular... but suddenly I was close enough to see that her eyes were filled with tears that began rolling down her face as she opened her arms and pulled me into one of those warm, tight hugs you only rarely get. "I was suddenly just so happy to see you. I'm just so happy you're my daughter" she mumbled at me. She had caught me completely off guard in the middle of the grocery store, so off guard that even though I wanted to say something nice, it came out as "Awh mom, stop that..." in a regretfully condescendingly pathetic kind of way. It was just so... out of nowhere. I'll have to remember to tell her that I love her someday soon.
