Very little was said.
Very little needed to be said.
And frankly, neither wanted to say anything.
Mom, at the youthful age of forty-two, without telling anyone but her husband had the momentous surgery to enhance her breasts.
When the kids came home for Thanksgiving it was obvious.
And so was her joy. And her pride. And her resolve. Are her backbone.
Her daughters said little. Her sons said less. Wives said little. Husbands said nothing. Hurray for the otherwise low-key mom and mother-in-law.
Late on Thanksgiving night mom and one of the daughters were talking. The subject came up and mom shared the backstory, the trepidation, the surgery, the recovery, and some of the reactions of friends and family and co-workers.
And her daughter asked, "What does it feel like, mom?" Meaning, out of curiosity, what is it like to have them, what has changed, what's different in bed, what do they literally feel like compared to your former natural breasts, and what's the difference in just living with new and different breasts.
Moms first response was that the physical feel of them was far beyond what she expected. And in the same breath, as only a mother and daughter could do, mom said, "Feel them. The difference will surprise you."
Mom lifted her shirt, her bra, and her daughter hesitantly reached and touched her mother's left breast. In reality she poked it with her index finger. And with that the daughter let out a soft, "Wow."
Her breast was quite soft. But there was an unnatural firmness too. Almost an enviable firmness. A youthful, sensual, feminine firmness.