It's two o’clock on a white-hot September afternoon. LUKE and GRANDPA are sitting in the back seat of the car in the parking lot of the grocery store waiting for MAMA to return. MAMA is taking a long time.
GRANDPA: I don’t know, Luke. I hope she comes back soon.
LUKE: When Mama coming, Grandpa?
GRANDPA: I don’t know, honey. Soon, I hope.
LUKE: (wailing, throwing head and arms back against seat in exasperation) WHEN MAMA COMING, GRANDPA?!
GRANDPA: Honey, I don’t know. Soon, soon. Mama will come soon.
LUKE: (whimpers)
There is a short silence.
LUKE: Be dark soon.
ha! that's wonderful, steph. are you keeping a journal of all this?
Posted by: elizabeth ellen | September 21, 2007 at 01:15 AM
I'm so glad you dropped by, ee. You know, I've tried keeping a journal but I'm not very disciplined about it. I do try to make notes when Luke says or does something especially funny. And we've actually started a little journal WITH Luke. We write down what he did that day and he "illustrates" it. Did you keep a journal for Andie?
Posted by: Stephany Aulenback | September 23, 2007 at 03:27 PM
I'm so glad you dropped by, ee. You know, I've tried keeping a journal but I'm not very disciplined about it. I do try to make notes when Luke says or does something especially funny. And we've actually started a little journal WITH Luke. We write down what he did that day and he "illustrates" it. Did you keep a journal for Andie?
Posted by: Stephany Aulenback | September 23, 2007 at 03:28 PM