Distant Relatives
My relationship with my mother, summed up in one interaction:
Me in June: “I had gallbladder surgery!”
Mom: “Wow, you don’t ever email me, and then you decide that this news warrants the first communication we’ve had in a long while?”
Me: “Err, well, I’d like to know if an immediate family member of mine were in the hospital, yeah.”
-two weeks later-
Mom: “Well, I’m at home, perhaps I’ll be able to walk in a couple months. Thanks for the prayers, everyone.”
Me: “Wait, what?! You had an accident? You were in the hospital for a week? Gack, and nobody thought to tell me? Arrrrg!”
Mom: “Get the picture?”
Wwoooowww.
