Shopping for my birthday with mom

I had the best shopping day ever. Or so it feels right now. It's a rainy Friday and mom and dad decided to offer me a birthday gift that consists in a "shopping for business clothes" session. It was a 45 minutes drive to the Outlet Mall in Gilroy, and we had a wonderful time talking serious stuff or just being goofy. Mom is an endless spring of joy, and she puts me at ease with her easy going way. Even if she wasn't my mother in law, I think we would still be friends. She is my mom, and yet I think we have a detached, or better called: independent type of friendship. Or maybe we just grew in our knowing each other, trusting each other, being at ease with each other's boundaries. I see mom how she loves her kids, her daughters, her son and her husband, how she goes out of her way to love them and comfort them and be there for them. And what is very cool also is that she knows how to have fun, and make time for herself and her friends. Mom is way more balanced than she wants to admit. :-p
She is different than my mama, but in spirit they are so alike. They are both true, sacrificial, fun and trustworthy. I love my moms, and oh, I'm so lucky to have TWO of them!