Friday, March 11, 2005

Anna

A few nights ago I (Doug) went upstairs to tell Anna goodnight. I've done this approximately, oh, a thousand times. We sing a song, pray, talk for a minute say we love each other, goodnight and perhaps a few seconds of tickling. So I found her in her room waiting.
I said, "Anna, I came up to tell you something. Do you know what it is?:
"What?"
"Guess."
She looks up to the ceiling with her eyes. Thinking...
"Grapes?" she asks.
I chuckle. "No, I love you was what I was going to say. Do you want to guess what else I'm going to tell you?"
Again the pondering look. Going to get it right this time....
"Oranges?"
"Nope. Good night."

But the last few nights, "Grapes and oranges" has stood in for "I love you and goodnight."

Grapes and oranges.

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