Re: Re: funny things that get me through the hard times

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Thanks...it was great that he could laugh about our miscommunication! And I was

wondering...as he was strumming...why would I play guitar in the car?? And then

I got it!

Lori

Re: funny things that get me through the hard times

Love your story Lori, especially that your dad had such a good laugh out of it

all as well.

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> We had a recent funny, that hopefully you didn't have to be there for to get

the humor of! Dad has been doing fairly well, but is somewhat in and out at

times, for lack of a better description (and a longer one), and his voice has

really lost a lot of its strength, especially when he is speaking with familiar

people. So the other day during a perfectly lucid moment, when Mom and my

husband were a little ways away playing cards, Dad asked me if I had played in

my car lately. HUH??? I DID have a new car though, so wasn't sure if he meant my

music CD's, or what he was trying to ask. So I said I wasn't sure what he said

and he repeated the question. " Have you played in your car lately? " Hmm.

Umm...he seemed so good at supper....(I was thinking to myself.) I said I still

wasn't getting it, and he sort of laughed and repeated himself again. I'm trying

SO hard to figure out his message and am even soul searching about whether or

not I had shown him the extra buttons in my new car that let me talk on the

phone without touching my phone...my brain was really straining here! So one

last time, I Ieaned in and apologized for not hearing him, and I repeated what I

thought he had said. He started laughing a little harder and shook his head

no...nearly laughing to tears, and started making a strumming gesture with his

hands while he repeated " Have you played in your car lately? " I paused for a

moment...this was really weird....

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> And then the lightbulb went off. " OH!!! " I said! " Have you played your

GUITAR lately!!! " I had to laugh, and he was in tears at this point he was

laughing so hard...so then of course I had to yell to Mom and what I

thought Dad had said and what he really said...which brought Dad to tears of

laughter all over again!

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> Lori

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