A Little Lunch Drama
I was watching an Oprah episode from last week that I saved on the DVR, when the phone rang. The name and number of Abby’s school flashed on the TV screen. It was 11:20 am and in 10 minutes, I’ll be on may way to pick up Abby. In the few seconds it took me to get to the phone from the couch, my mind worked double time. I wondered, I worried and told myself everything’s ok. My heart skipped a beat.
It was the school director. I took her cheerful greeting and tone as a good sign and I instantly felt relieved. Only then did I realize that I was holding my breath. It was lunch time in school and unfortunately, Abby’s lunch fell on the floor. Ms. S was asking if I will just bring something for Abby to eat. I told her I’ll go right ahead and pick-up Abby so she can just eat at home.
I was told Abby got a little upset and asked, “Can we wash it?” Haaaay, nadurog ang puso ko.
Abby was already playing with her classmates when I got to her school. It seemed she already forgot about the lunch she lost. When we got her lunch bag from her cubby, she looked like she was going to cry again, reminded perhaps of her lunch accident. Aaawwww. I asked if she wanted to have lunch at KFC. She smiled, an unmistakable yes. Hee hee. And so we had another one of our impromptu mother-daughter dates.
Abby enjoyed our lunch. She ate quite a lot! KFC saved the day.
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