My Mom called yesterday, and when I picked up the phone,
right after
“Hi, Mom,”
“Hi, Renee,”
She added,
“I want to tell you a joke.”
Already, I laughed. I wasn’t expecting that. We had just talked two days ago when she asked me excellent questions about my recent travels, and we texted yesterday about a kayaking trip I took down my local river.
“What do you call an elephant that doesn’t matter?”
“Ooh, I know this… I used to have it on a t-shirt… Irrelephant!”
“Oh, shoot,” she said, because she wanted to introduce this to me. I reassured her that this was completely delightful. She thought I was talking about the joke. But I knew I was talking about the call.
— Renee Roederer
Smuggling Grace 