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KATY CALLED~~~


~THE SIG BOX~



KATY CALLED:

WANDERING ABOUT ON THE INTERNET
WHEN CALL WAVE PLAYED FOR ME
A MESSAGE FROM MY DAUGHTER
THAT JUST MADE ME SHOUT WITH GLEE

SHE SAID, "KATY WANTS TO TALK TO YOU
SO PLEASE GET OFF THE NET,
I'LL CALL BACK IN A FEW MINUTES."
(I DIDN'T KNOW I WOULD GET "UPSET" !!!!)

"GRANDMA, THIS IS KATY AND I WAS SICK TODAY,
AND MOMMY HAD TO HAVE TO  GO TO WORK ANYWAY,
AND DADDY'S WORKING NIGHTS NOW SO HE NEEDED HIM SOME SLEEP.
SO I TOOK CARE OF MYSELF, GRANDMA, AND DIDN'T MAKE A PEEP.

"WHAT DID YOU EAT?, "  I ASKED HER,
"IS YOUR TUMMY FEELING BETTER???"
IT'S A LOT BETTER NOW, GRANDMA,
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WRITE YOU A LETTER?

"WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE DISNEY CHARACTER,
AND I'LL COLOR IT FOR YOU,
I'LL READ YOU THE WHOLE LIST SO YOU CAN
MAKE A CHOICE, WHEN I AM THROUGH."

"GRANDMA, DO YOU REMEMBER TELLING ME
THAT YOU WOULD COME AND STAY???
WELL WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE COMING
I WISH IT WAS RIGHT AWAY!!!!!!"

"WHEN IS SCHOOL OUT," I ASKED:
AND THEN SHE SAID TO ME,
"AT  THREE O'CLOCK"~~~AND TEARS
STARTED FLOWING DOWN MY CHEEKS SO EASILY.

"NO KATY, FOR THE YEAR," I SAID
AND EVEN MORE I CRIED~~~~
FOR SHE HAD HOPED  I'D SOON BE THERE,
THAT COULD NOT BE DENIED!!!!!!!

SHE HESITATED, THEN SHE SAID," I'LL HAVE TO ASK MY MOM",
AND AFTER GIVING ME THE DATE, SHE DROPPED
ANOTHER BOMB.
"HOW ABOUT JUNE 12TH," SHE SAID,
 AS IF THAT COULD BE ARRANGED
"I GOTTA GO AND WRITE YOUR LETTER,
 BUT I WILL MEET YOUR PLANE !!!!"

MY DAUGHTER CAME ON THE LINE AND SAID
MOM DID SHE MAKE YOU CRY???????
AND I COULD HERE THE TEARS IN HER VOICE TOO,
AS I MUMBLED MY REPLY.

"SHE JUST WANTED HER DOSE OF SYMPATHY,
OF THAT I HAVE NO DOUBT,
BUT, AFTER HEARING THAT EXCHANGE,
"WHEN ARE YOU COMING OUT"??????


STILL CRYING~~~
BECAUSE KATY CALLED.

Granna karen
May 10th, 2004

~THE SIG BOX~










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