It's My Mom!

When my 8 year old granddaughter Bella was 3. she and her friend Rena were sitting in their car seats in the back as I was driving them to my home. Bella's Mom was on a business trip in San Francisco, California. My cell phone rang and it was Jamal, her Mom, calling to talk to her. I said, "Bella, it's for you," and handed her the phone. I had never seen her talk on the phone before and wondered how she would handle the cell phone. As I watched in the rear view mirror, Bella covered the phone with one hand and turned to her friend Rena and excitedly, but very grown up said,

"It's my Mom!"

Originally published on 8-24-08