Thursday, October 20, 2011

All Her Marbles


            As we cruise home from getting groceries in Freeland, Mom asks if she has sent her Christmas cards yet.
            “Not yet,” I answer.  “It’s only October 20.”
            “Do I even have a list still?”
            “Well, I usually just send out a card to each person who sends you one,” I reply.
            Mom muses:  “My list probably wouldn’t be very long anymore.  I’m of the age where I have outlived and . . . um . . . let’s just say out-intellectualized many people.  I mean, I have all my marbles, and I’m grateful for that.  It must be horrible to go around not knowing what you’re doing.”
            “It must,” I agree.

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