MIDDLE GROUND

Today's shoppers spanned our sandwiched generation. Two vibrant twenty somethings bounded in giggling as they showed their 5 month baby bumps. So unlike our pregnancies, they were looking for tight fitting shirts to ACCENTUATE their bellies. On their heels came a distracted Mom of a 22 year old leaving the proverbial nest. We wondered if the young ladies could possibly envision all the tender loving moments they were about to experience. As far as Moscow Mom, could she possibly remember every tender loving moment spent getting her son ready for this adventure of a lifetime?