. " thanks , aln , bye , alan ," jonas said ." "i'll find her ." he yelled ." aunt kim ! . it's lan . i can go !"
for the firstm o nth or so after his mother's deadth , he had stopped calling lauren and me by our names , something he'd been doing since he had learned to talk . i didn't know what it meant that he had started again . it was one of those perplexing questions that one of my patients might ask me during a session . i was supposed to be the expert .
my patients always acted surprised when i said i didn't know .
kim gave me all the etails about the weeken . one ogf her girlfriend's families had a place in the hamptons ." not one of those palces ." she clarified . i assumed she meant it wasn't a palace ." that's where we'll being staying . three families , a houseful of kids .
i liked kim . i'd begun to suspect that i would find her kids likeable too if i got ot know them . but marty ? i thought he would end up being one of those acqiured taste that i never quite acquired . like oysters . or tinned anchovies .
i called the netherlands . lauren and i had a quiet talk that left me feeling nurtured and hopeful . she gave the phone to grace , who was wonderfully chtty . she told me that they were still waiting to see if they were going to get a chance to meet her sister .she told me all about her visit to the ann frank house . when her attention began to wane , i askeif she liked holland ." it's the best , i want to live someplace with canals , dady . here 's momy again ."
\lauren sounded tired . i inquired about her health , and learnd she was " okay "
" are you hopeful about seeing ....your daughter ?" i asked after it was clear our health-status duet was done .
"just a second ," she said . i imagined her taking a few steps away from grace to get some privacy ."i don't think her adoptive family is exactly happy we're here . i'm hopeful about things one day , other days i think they're just waiting for us to get tired of all the eslays and go home . how's jonas ?"
for the firstm o nth or so after his mother's deadth , he had stopped calling lauren and me by our names , something he'd been doing since he had learned to talk . i didn't know what it meant that he had started again . it was one of those perplexing questions that one of my patients might ask me during a session . i was supposed to be the expert .
my patients always acted surprised when i said i didn't know .
kim gave me all the etails about the weeken . one ogf her girlfriend's families had a place in the hamptons ." not one of those palces ." she clarified . i assumed she meant it wasn't a palace ." that's where we'll being staying . three families , a houseful of kids .
i liked kim . i'd begun to suspect that i would find her kids likeable too if i got ot know them . but marty ? i thought he would end up being one of those acqiured taste that i never quite acquired . like oysters . or tinned anchovies .
i called the netherlands . lauren and i had a quiet talk that left me feeling nurtured and hopeful . she gave the phone to grace , who was wonderfully chtty . she told me that they were still waiting to see if they were going to get a chance to meet her sister .she told me all about her visit to the ann frank house . when her attention began to wane , i askeif she liked holland ." it's the best , i want to live someplace with canals , dady . here 's momy again ."
\lauren sounded tired . i inquired about her health , and learnd she was " okay "
" are you hopeful about seeing ....your daughter ?" i asked after it was clear our health-status duet was done .
"just a second ," she said . i imagined her taking a few steps away from grace to get some privacy ."i don't think her adoptive family is exactly happy we're here . i'm hopeful about things one day , other days i think they're just waiting for us to get tired of all the eslays and go home . how's jonas ?"
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