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My husband, daughter, mother-in-law and I all went out for dinner on Friday night at a local mall. We had some fabulous Chinese food sitting on the patio of the restaurant. It was a lovely dinner made even better by my daughter not needing to walk all over the restaurant. We were all able to enjoy our meal without getting up once.

Afterward my daughter wanted to play at the mall’s play area. I’m sure your mall has one with the huge, foam food with the soft rubber ground underneath. She has started to become daring and loves to go down the watermelon slide. My mother-in-law was having a great time chasing after her, so I got to sit on a bench and sip a latte.

As I was sitting there, I noticed the two women next to me chatting. They had struck up a conversation about their daughter’s having the same name. The spelling was a bit different but they were around the same age. They continued to chat and found they had other things in common as far as their other children and activities they liked to do.

Then one of the women said the magic words “we should get together sometime for a play date.” The other mom got a big smile on her face and said “let me give you my phone number.” Right there in front of me I watched two women perhaps start on a journey of friendship. I found it a bit ironic because I had blogged on Thursday about finding a support structure of other moms.

It really can be such a simple thing, this finding of other moms with whom you have something in common; women who have children around the same age at your own. Next time you are out at the park or the mall and your children are playing, I challenge you to exchange contact info with another mom that you click with. Good luck!

Warmly,
Mia