I said: yes.
She said: in my life?
I said: yes, Grandma. In your life.
She covered her mouth.
She looked at the folder.
She looked at me.
She said: oh, Callie.
She said my name the way she has said it my whole life, which is the specific way of someone for whom the name contains the whole person.
I said: we’re going in six weeks.
She said: I need to find my good blouse.
I laughed.
She laughed.
We drank our coffee and she asked me every question she had about Florida and I answered every one and some I looked up on my phone right there at the table and she watched the phone with the expression she used for technology, which was focused suspicion.
The six weeks leading up to the trip were their own thing.
She mentioned the trip to everyone.
The people at her church.
