When I turned 10 years old, my cousin Tara talked my parents into letting me get my ears pierced. I remember being in some random mall somewhere and going into Claire’s where all my dreams came true. When my parents decided they were going to move to Montana, my mom started to want to add more bling to her look. To pass on the tradition of getting piercings on decade birthdays, my mom and I went to Claire’s on her 50th birthday and got her ears pierced. Today I was thankful that my mom and I both have pierced ears.

I know that’s a pretty weird thing to be thankful for so let me explain. Today is Black Friday and my parents and I sat in the office at the Villa doing some online shopping for Christmas. My mom said she wanted some dangle earring with color so I went to work scrolling through page after page on Amazon. Since I wasn’t sure exactly what she wanted, I had her sit on the floor with me and look through all the earrings. I had so much fun “oohing” and “ahhing” over the pretty ones and laughing at the tacky ones. It was something really small, but I felt like it brought us together. It’s fun when my mom and I are together and end up wearing the same earrings (we have the same ones in different colors) or when we ask each other which ones will compliment what we’re wearing. Being in a relationship means making hundreds of small connections and having hundreds of small moments and I’m glad I had one of those connections and moments with my mom today.