Musing #125

Today I decided to take Colin to the mall to play at the indoor playground and then eat lunch with Daddy.  Well Daddy couldn’t meet us for lunch so we were on our own.  So here we are at the mall and a young mother comes up and sits near me.  She unstraps her little boy from the stroller and lets him down to play.  He ends up bumping and tackling kids for the majority of the time.  But he’s a boy and so that doesn’t really surprise me.  Anyway on to my story.  She strikes up a convo after getting off her cell.  She recognized me and told me she’s seen me all over.  At the mall. Out to eat. And then she tells me she takes her son to the same Mother’s Day Out program that I take mine.  Small world.  For sure. So here she is chattier than I am and she states as-a-matter-of-factly that we met for a reason because everything happens for a reason.  I don’t argue with this fact because I too think everything happens for a reason but I normally don’t tell perfect strangers that, and then whip out my cell and ask for their number. Yes folks, she wanted my number so we could do more things together.  Ay yi yi.  I gave her my cell b/c that seemed harmless enough and I went ahead and asked for Misty No Last Name’s number too. I hardly think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship but only time will tell.  And after the exchange of numbers a funny thing happened.  I see my friend Heather who just happens to be a friend of Misty’s too.  Ooheeeooo!  Scarrry. Ok not really scarry but it is definitely a small small world.  I definitely believe in the power of 6 degrees.

After playtime we take the boys to the foodcourt and meet up with Heather who was with another mom friend and eat lunch together.  After lunch, Misty and I head back upstairs to go on our own way but not before a hug.  Now I’m a hugger.  I’ve always been a huggy kind of gal, but here is Misty NLN hugging me goodbye like we’re old pals.  I guess when you enter the sorority of motherhood every mother shares some sort of instant bond.