Family
For one weekend, I played the adult and she was the kid.
Mom, do you have a favorite eyebrow?
Yeah, my left one, she replied.
We have opposite favorite eyebrows despite sharing so many other facial features, like our brown eyes and dimples.
Who would have thought?
At 27, I was on vacation with just my mother for the first time in my life.
Two days in, wed exhausted every other usual topic.
But a vacation at an all-inclusive resort is an experience I knew shed love and she really,reallydeserves.
Our parents never really stop growing up.
Vacationing with her made me bear witness to her girlhood in action.
She was able to fully relax, just like I had during every family vacation shed ever planned.
On departure day, she was in peak mom mode.
I was secretly dreading it but obliged.
I may or may not have cried the rest of the way through the security line.
(As I mentioned, Ive had an emotionally sensitive year!
Nothing to see here.)
As we checked in, I signed the paperwork and spoke with the receptionist.
My mom got a kick out of that and sent a picture of them to our family group chat.
How long should I stay in?
Should I fully submerge?
before making her brave dip into the icy pool in one swift movement.
She loved it, and I was proud that I could help her out of her comfort zone.
The same thing happened when she tried a sip of my pho during one dinner.
Like most moms and daughters, we can get on one anothers nerves.
I left Antigua with a better understanding of my mom.
Shes just a girl!
Or maybe I have all of these qualities because she does.
