"Okay, Mom. I know what I'm doing. Please, trust me." Lauren said, as her mother sat at the island giving her advice about how to chop vegetables. She'd planned on chicken stir-fry for dinner and since they were going to Janelle's Coffee to meet her girlfriends, she wanted to have everything prepared ahead of time.

"Sorry. Are you wearing what you have on?" Charlotte asked.

"My jeans are fine, but I'll change into a different sweater," Lauren answered as she placed ...