I’m just returning from a family vacation (sort of!) with my parents. I say sort of because my parents occasionally come out to New Hampshire to housesit a friend’s house in late summer/fall – and I occasionally invite myself to also come along. This time, I gave them a week of solitude before I came to crash their party of two. My offer is that when I come, I’ll pretend to be their personal chef to make it more of a win-win for all involved. And personal chef, I did! TikTok recap here.
Halfway through, I had a weird moment where I realized this could be my last “family vacation” as I’ve known it with my parents. My husband and I are starting to ever so slightly dip our toe into the thought of starting a family of our own, which obviously won’t happen overnight, but has been on my mind. A lot.
And it got me thinking that soon – maybe this trip, maybe another – might be my last trip as an only child daughter on vacation with her parents. Almost like the official end to childhood. And that’s a weird thought.
Not a bad one – just more of a ‘life is changing’ observation. And an ‘I’m really going to miss this’ reflection. So a lot of this trip for me has been trying to soak in the time with my parents, taking note of all the things that make family vacation with my parents a typical ‘family vacation with the parents’ (characterized by a lot of dysfunctional moments).
Ice Cream Mom is the new Almond Mom
On a somewhat relevant but also not note – it wouldn’t be a true family vacation without me roasting my parents at least once. I’m very much a 3 meals a day girl or else I get hangry, whereas my mom is more of an “I had a big breakfast, I’m not going to need much else today” gal. There was one day where I was starving and my mom suggested ice cream. It made me laugh, and I made a TikTok about how the ice cream mom is the new almond mom. Wowee, did it take off in a way I did not expect! I’ll drop it below. At the time I’m publishing this, it’s up to over 3 million views and nearly 300,000 likes. The people can relate!
It’s been so fun (mostly) watching the banter in the comment section from those who are either on my side or self-identifying as fellow ‘ice cream moms’. I haven’t told my mom that she has 300,000+ new fans – and I don’t know if I ever will. Either way, I think I owe her some ice cream.
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