My Mom has come to town for a couple days. Da has graciously reserved a room for her in the hotel suites within his condo building. This morning I had to call Da for the suite number.<\/p>\n

It’s nice to see that they’re still on speaking terms after all these years. After twenty nine years of being divorced from each other, things mellow out.<\/p>\n

“Do you have Mom’s number? She called while I was in the midst of training yesterday and I could barely hear her over the hipster sales.”<\/p>\n

“I do, let me get it.” I can hear him dig into his notes by the phone.<\/p>\n

“Did you see her yesterday?”<\/p>\n

“Yes. We had dinner.”<\/p>\n

“How was it?”<\/p>\n

“Fine.”<\/p>\n

Dad fumbles with some papers, the “Fine” that comes across the line sounds curt. I’m sure it’s because he’s searching for a phone number in his shaggy, loose leaf analog notebook with minimal success. But I have to ask:<\/p>\n

“Just ‘Fine’? …So, no hope of reconciliation?”<\/p>\n

The noise he makes sounds like “Fuck you.” It’s mostly an F. No real harsh K sound.*<\/p>\n

*in no way is this a dig towards my Mom. The curse came from my years of asking. I live in a constant hope that my life will mirror Kristy McNicols’ in Family<\/a> and some sort of After School Special miracle will bring them back together. Snort.
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