Let's Meet...

341 Chai Soy Latte, Starbucks, Tatum & Shea, Arizona, Sony CyberShot, PhotoShopped (Sumi-E) 10-14-09

It's my mom's birthday today and I'm feeling guilty. I wanted to send her a card, I wanted to write about her, I wanted to take a picture that represented her but, my big girl camera didn't come out once this whole day. In fact, this picture of my Venti Chai was the only thing snapped by my, always in my purse, CyberShot. Just didn't seem to be a day for pictures, more a day for thinking. Thinking of my Mommy when...

The spontaneous and always welcomed statement of, "Lets meet at Starbucks" came from my friend, Kathleen. That set my mind a racing. How is it that I know where every Starbucks coffee house is within a 5 mile radius of my house (and a few more outside that boundary mark too)? And then I realized, it wasn't about where the coffee was being served, but to whom I would be meeting. A friend...

One on one get together times with my friends at Starbucks are cherished because they offer a solid time to discuss, reflect and be completely in tune to what is being shared. It makes me sad when I have someone I'm trying to get to know and they don't drink coffee so they shy away from the very mainstreamed and totally popular, Starbucks. Cuz, honestly, it's not really about the coffee. "Let's meet..."

Coffee on me Mom when you get to town. Happy Birthday, I love you...