MOM:  Call me tomorrow. Uncle Lawrence is not feeling very well, so we are not running errands together. I’ll be home all day.

ME:     Okay. I’m going to see the doctor tomorrow.

MOM:  Which doctor? Your regular doctor? Why? What’s wrong?

ME:     My regular doctor. It’s just my annual exam.

MOM:  Well, you make sure and tell her that your mother is worried about you. You need to put on ten more pounds. Tell her I said so.

ME:     Okay.

MOM:  Maybe I should come up and go with you.

ME:     No words. Nothing.