I miss Target!

I am struggling here.  I MISS TARGET!  

Gosh, so often I would kiss my kids goodbye at school drop off and say to myself, “I am just going to run to Target and browse around”.  I would walk in kid free, grab a blonde vanilla latte from my first stop, Starbucks, do a lap around Bullseye’s Playground, make my way to the maybe one or two things I needed, then go back to the clothes and look at all the cute bathing suits and dresses just dreaming of spring and summer and poolside BBQs.  I would then go to the home decor and visualize how I would use the items I adored in my own home while sometimes picking up a thing or two to purchase.  Honestly, if someone was watching my trail through the store, it would look like this...

Taking a stroll around the store wasn’t always needed, but for some reason doing this somehow turned into my ME time.  It became a place of comfort for me. (Am I the only one?) It was like a little mini vacation that I needed to just clear my head. It also became a place I would take my kids to for picking out something fun as a reward for hard work and dedication.  I absolutely LOVED doing that for them, because I remember the joy it would bring me as a child when my mom took me to pick out a toy or an outfit.  

Other times, there was a need, like “Oh we are out of toilet paper?  No problem! I will just run to Target.” And, “Hmmm I don’t have plans for dinner, let me just go grab some pasta, pasta sauce, and veggies for dinner and a thing of ice cream for dessert.  That was easy”!   

It’s not just my beloved Target that I am missing.  I am missing normal life, as I am sure all of us are.  I completely understand the social distancing measures that have been placed and fully accept to abide by them.  But I can still miss my outing that I so much enjoyed, right?  

I truly hope that everyone is doing their part in making sure we limit the community spread of this damn virus that, what feels like, is taking over the world.  We owe it to our healthcare community. But I just thought I’d put it out there that it’s OK. It’s going to be OK. We are going to make it through this. And then things get better and somewhat back to normal, our beloved Target will be there.  Waiting for us, happy to see our return, and ready to take our money! 

Until then, hang in there Mamas!!