Son #2 is still home recovering from surgery. Today he finally made some progress and seems to be feeling dramatically better. Consequently, he wanted to call everyone he knows and chat. Lately he’s been frustrated with me because when he asks for someone’s phone number, I forget to tell him to dial the 1 first and then he has to hang up and redial. So today, I thought I was being EXTRA smart and gave him a list of phone numbers with my mother-in-law’s (Nana) phone numbers, my grandmother’s and my aunt’s phone number. And son #2 dutifully made the rounds and called and chatted with everyone. About thirty minutes later I heard him on the phone again, and since he had already called everyone, I asked who he was talking to. “Nana” he says cheerfully and kept chatting. Less than an hour later, he’s on the phone again and I ask him who he’s talking to. “Nana!” he again replies very cheerfully. He waited less than 20 minutes and called her at work again. I am sure I am Nana’s FAVORITE now. ;)

The fifth time I heard him call her I asked if I could talk to her. I said “I bet you LOVE ME right now and am SO THANKFUL I gave him your work number.” She laughed and said “Well, now I’m just answering the phone ‘This is Nana.’ ” I know she is SO loving me because he called three more times before she went home. I’m writing the book on winning friends and influencing people. ;)