Farm-Fresh Fixings and a DIY Facial, 4/28/2020

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It’s the mood swings. Some days, especially the ones filled mainly with work, I’m almost happy. The days that I feel like I should be more productive, but I’m reading too many news reports or obsessively searching the internet for wipes (yes, I am STILL doing that!) get me sunk. My latest trick is to think of a particularly joyful memory, and here’s my favorite:
I was in NYC for the wholesale market and schlepping my bag to my hotel from Penn Station, maybe a little far to walk but too close to cab it. My daughter had just started her first job out of college at a PR agency in midtown. As I’m dragging my suitcase down the bumpy sidewalk, I hear a familiar “Mom!” You know how you instantly recognize your child’s specific intonation of Mom? Even in the middle of NYC, when you least expect it? And there she was, leaning out of a packed Uber, all dressed up in one of the work outfits we had picked out, on her way to a client event with her team. It’s a delicious memory: the randomness of running into one’s child in New York, the pride of seeing her in her milieu, and the realization that she was, in fact, all grown up. But not too adult to scream Mom out the window.

Hoping you can focus on some happy thoughts, too.

love,
erica

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