Love is blind

Kimberly

We are standing in front of my mother's house. During the flight I didn't have any problems, but I'm starting to get a bit nervous now. "Afraid of your own mother? " asks Julia with a smile, as she takes my hand. I think she senses my nerves. I shake my head. "I just hope she doesn't embarrass me." Julia looks at me with a beautiful smile on her face. "You still have the chance to confess your actions yourself". I start laughing. "Dear darling, we don't have enough time for that right now. If I start now, I'll be busy next week." The moment I say that, my father opens the front door and steps inside. Followed by Silvia. I give Julia a quick kiss before we go inside too. My mother has already greeted my father and Silvia when Julia and I enter the living room. "Honey, I'm glad to see you again. Don't you dare be gone that long again. I missed you," my mother says as she hugs me tightly. "Sorry mom, I was busy. I missed you too ". She suddenly lets go of me. "Julia"? she says in amazement. "The one and only ". Julia responds with a beautiful smile on her face, but you can read from her face that this does quite a bit to her. My mother now hugs her tightly. "What a surprise. That is a long time ago. How glad I am to see you again". She lets go of Julia again. My mother looks at Julia in disbelief and with tears in her eyes. After a while she turns to my father. "Not that I mind, quite the contrary, but Rick couldn't you go without your assistant? ". My father has a big smile on his face and throws his hands in the air. "Julia is not my guest". My mother looks at me. I look at her with a smile. "Julia is my girlfriend". I see a big smile appear on my mother's face, which to be honest I didn't quite expect. "I can only give my approval for this. Not that you would care one bit about it. I've heard a lot about Julia from your father. I'm sure you can make each other happy. I never had that feeling with the other one". When she has said that, I let go of Julia's hand and give my mother a big hug. "Thank you mom. Your saying that means a lot to me."

Julia caught up with my mother and then went into the backyard. "Kimberly, are you coming with me to the kitchen?" I get a big smile on my face when my mother asks me that. We used to spend hours together in the kitchen. Baking apple pie was always our favorite activity, but we really baked everything together. I'm a bit surprised when my mother doesn't walk to the counter, but sits down at the dining table. "Have a seat. It's been way too long since we've had a conversation between mother and daughter." With some reluctance I take a seat at the dining table. She'll tell me now how she really feels about Julia and me. "You look good". I get a smile on my face when she says that. In recent years I have mainly been told that I should pay more attention to myself. "I also feel really good. I am really happy". That also brings a smile to my mother's face. "I just assume that Julia in particular is a reason for this". I nod. "If your brother had still been here, you would have had a real fight. As a little boy he was already completely in love with her". My mother says it with a beautiful smile on her face, but I can still see the pain in her. "I miss him," I say softly. My mother gets up and sits next to me. She puts an arm around me. "I still miss Vincent every day and that will never change. You just have to pick up your own life again, but it looks like you're finally doing that again". I hug my mother tightly. "For years I had no sense in life and no longer saw the point of it, but that has completely changed since I met Julia". My mother kisses my head. "Then I have to thank her even more for that". I look at her with a smile. "So you really have nothing against Julia being my girlfriend?". My mother shakes her head. "Of course not. Why would I have a problem with that?" I let go of my mother. "I thought you had a problem with me wanting to share my life with a woman." My mother looks at me in surprise. "Honey, how did you get to that?" I shrug. "Because you were always against my relationships". My mother shakes her head. "Kimberly it wasn't because they were girlfriends. You just had a knack for bringing girls who brought more trouble than good. I'm sorry I gave you the impression that I'm against you being into women. All I want is for you to be happy whether it's with a man or a woman, I don't care at all". I can't help but fall into my mother's arms again. I can't stop some tears from escaping. I always thought my mother didn't fully accept me for who I am.