Page 30 - Publishing Inspiration Christmas Card 2021

She looked at him and glared. “Oh, and then

there’s driving. Or should I say, then your kids
think you’re too old to drive and take away the
keys?”
“Mom,” the son said, “you got in a wreck the

last three times you tried to drive.”
“Hitting the mailbox does not count as a
wreck,” she replied haughtily. “Besides, who was
the idiot who put the mailbox so close to the

driveway?”
“The mailbox has been in the same place for
fifty years,” the son replied. “Besides, the other

times weren’t mailboxes.”
“What do you think insurance is for?” she
replied.
The son sighed. “Mom, you're way off the

topic you wanted to talk to Daris about.”
She looked surprised. “I wanted to talk to
Daris about something?”

The son nodded. “Remember? You wanted
to talk to him about missing his daughter’s wedding
reception.”
“Oh, yes,” she said, turning back to me. “I

wanted to apologize for missing your daughter’s
wedding reception last night.”
“It okay,” I replied. “And it was actually not

last night. It was the week before.”
She looked shocked. “Now I know I am

27