Be

I miss living close to my mom. We talk all the time (thanks to mobile-to-mobile minutes) and get to see each other regularly but it's just not the same. Because of this, the times that I have with mom to just "be" are treasures. With Zach being at Bristol all weekend, we thought this would be a perfect weekend for the two of us.

I was able to leave work early (truly amazing) and get to the store just in time to beat her to my house on Friday. Friday night we, including Zach of course, took my computer to the Apple store and then ate at Qdoba. It's a fun, new favorite place for us... that's like a Subway for burritos. We haven't found anyone that didn't like it!

Saturday morning we (mostly me) slept in. Despite the rain, we headed to do some shopping and got to just "be" together. We had no real plans and no time schedule... and it was perfect. Even with the rain. We had lunch at the mall, where I think every citizen of Knoxville and the surrounding counties decided to eat lunch. We got lucky and found (stalked) a table for two and had one of those conversations that goes from church last week to have you talked to Ben to work is crazy to can you believe that kid is still eating baby food to vacation to cars to where did all these people come from and where are these kids' parents. It was great! We'd had enough of all the people and headed home after a stop at Krispy Kreme and the Apple store, to get my computer.

Just as a side note, some of the people at the mall were teenagers in town for a conference this weekend. It brought back memories of my own days as a teenager shopping in a random mall when on a youth conference for the weekend. I wonder if there were any moms and daughters looking around at all of us wondering where our parents were? Probably.

Saturday night we watched the movie "August Rush" while eating pizza and donuts. Yummy. The movie was fantastic. We both loved it and will likely have to add it and the soundtrack to our collection. It was such a good story and I loved the way they wove it together. And I'm not usually one to pick out quotes from a movie, but here are a couple of my favorites...

- August: I believe in music the way some people believe in fairy tales. But I hear it came from my mother and father. Once upon a time, they fell in love.
- Hope: You remember how you said Mozart was a musical prod?
Reverend James: Prodigy.
Hope: Yeah, well, I've got one of those and he's living under my bed!
- Wizzard: If you could choose any name in the world. Any! What would you want to be?
Wizzard: Come on, kid. Any.
August: Found.

Sunday morning we went to church together and I love it when we get to worship together. It's also fun for me to see my mom sitting out there when I'm in the choir. After church we enjoyed some Zaxby's and little more of some good conversation. In case it's not clear... we love to talk and can go through about 5 different conversation topics all at once and still not lose track.

It was some much needed "mom" time! And just as a coincidence, I found this today and couldn't help but think of our weekend!