I was visiting with my sister when I

So much happier!

received a photo on my phone of a smiling granddaughter, followed by a text I shared with my sister.  She says, “Well that’s good but who is Sam?”
“Huh?”
“Sam, is that a friend?”
“I don’t know any Sam…why do you ask?”
“You said Sam.”
“No, I didn’t.  When?”
“When you were talking about GD feeling better, according to Sam.”
“Huh?”  [You notice I am back to Huh now!]

We stare at each other.  Our Mom is looking from one to the other completely bewildered.  I show her the photo, albeit it is an inch square and she smiles, says the great-granddaughter sure is cute.

Yes I can take, send, receive photos but my phone is primarily…a phone.  If I want to see the pictures without my glasses and a magnifier I send them on to my email, which little thing I figured out after months!  Older grands were a huge help in this learning process.

Back to Sam, I’m thinking about him.  Only one that comes to mind at that moment is a character on a program on TNT.  Nope, he does not live with my kids, hasn’t texted me or even said hi in the old fashioned way.  He is kinda cute, but I have a grandson his age.

All of a sudden I realize what she heard.  “…a 2 1/2 hour nap this AM and she’s feeling much better.”   Yep, there IS a sAM in there!!!  With my explanation, we both begin to laugh hysterically [now our mother is really confused, but smiles because we are obviously happy and not just hysterical]

We reminisce about a few other ‘mistaken’ hearings, and chuckle again as we walk down the lane in search of pussy willows.  At some point my sis comments “Who knew I had more than one kind of willow?”
“Sam” I say, “I’m sure he knew.”  Another bout of giggles, and we head back to the house with a double clutch of pussy willows, grasses, colorful sprouts to make a lovely early spring arrangement.  I should have brought a forsythia branch from home.