Just had the following conversation with my Dad, who as you'll know, is....unique.
"Hey Dad! Just letting you know we're down in the Mount this weekend, so are you keen for a catch up?"
"What? I'm working. Flat out. No I'm in Auckland this weekend - Grandma's in hospital."
This is my 93 year old Grandmother who lives 15 mins away from me. How many times have I visited her? Not once. Yes I am bad.
"What? What's she in hospital for?"
"A broken pelvis. It happened two weeks ago."
"Two weeks! Why did you tell me?"
My Dad - being a male - replies thus:
"I've been WORKING!"
Having heard him pull this excuse for most of my childhood I realise that he's under huge stress and is about to blow a gasket.
"Fine. I'll call the hospital and figure out where she is and explain to them why her granddaughter who lives in the same city has not yet been to visit her."
"Thanks honey."
So there you go. What do you take a 93 year old who has never been sick in her life, but is nearly blind?
Thursday, 24 September 2009
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Take her flowers that smell good and/or chocolates (if she can eat them). And, of course, take yourself.
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