I waited until this evening to pop in on Mom and wish her a happy birthday and I was not the only procrastinator. In the 20 minutes I was at the house she had five phone calls. One of them was from my little niece, Ally, who lovingly sang a sweet rendition of "Happy Birthday" to her Mimi. At the other end of the "love my Mimi" spectrum is 8 year old Tell Gilbert, who called my phone while Ally was finishing her birthday wishes. Our conversation concluded with this:
Me: I'm at Mimi's house visiting because it's her birthday.
Tell: It is? You didn't tell me that.
Me: No, I'm sorry. I should have told you but she's coming to the house tomorrow so you'll be able to see her. She's talking to Ally right now. Ally sang "Happy Birthday" to her.
Tell: Well, I was just wondering if you were going to the store because we don't have any juice.
Me: I'm not going tonight but the next time I am at the store, I will get some. Mimi just got off the phone. Do you want to say "Happy Birthday?"
Tell: Well....I will think about that.
(Click. The phone goes dead.)
Mom laughed and made note of how very different her grandchildren were from each other. I'm glad she has a sense of humor about these things.
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Very Tell-like.
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