Yes the shopping trip was a blast, but it seems like H can make ANYTHING fun...she has the spirit of a young child.
Both of her parents died of cancer before she was 13. Her dad first, then her Mom...she nursed her mom to her passing.
She was then shuffled off to an evil aunt and cousin who repeatedly molested her. She fought and won her emancipation by age 16...met and married D by 18.
She's had her share of anxiety problems...one of the things that got us tight as friends.
Although she (and I) shudder at the thought of HAVING children, she herself seems to nurture that fun, new, explorative, curious, impulsive, expansive, childlike side of her nature. I love her!