“Hi Catey! What’s happening tonight with you?”
“Nothing’s happening, Gramma,” she said, sounding sad. So droll…
“So is that good or bad, Catey?”
“It’s good, Gramma,” she said, sounding more upbeat.
“So Catey, do you know how much I love you?” I asked her, starting our game.
“Gramma, do you know how much I love YOU?” She took up the mantle.
“No, Catey, how much?” I chuckled.
“I love you all the way to the moon and the stars and back!” she crowed.
“Wow, Catey, that’s far. And I love you all the way to your house and back!”
“Gramma, I love you all the way to the moon and the stars and to your house and the sun, and all the way to Florida, and SOUTH AMERICA and BACK!”
I had to stop for a minute. Florida and South America were new in the game. She’s been to Florida to Disney World, but South America was totally outside the box.
“What two states do you love me there and back to, Gram Gram?”
I paused. “Africa and Washington, Catey!” She’d never heard of either one.
We played until she was bored, and then talked about brushing her teeth and some kind of blue stuff her mom puts on her teeth and then she brushes it off. And then she hung up… leaving me wondering.
South America?
She is really something, isn't she?
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Your twin