The other day, I overheard interesting bits of a phone conversation between Melanie and her grandma, Ms. Lunelle Annabel Westphal (I love her name in its entirety).
Melanie called home to talk with her mother on her birthday last week. It turned out that her grandma had gone to visit from Florida for about a week. Now, Grandma is a real old-time southern bell from somewhere like South Carolina or Georgia. I've never met her, but have heard a few stories.
So, while talking to Mel, my mother-in-law asked Melanie if she wanted to speak to Grandma, and handed the phone of.
They shared all of the pleasantries that you would normally share with a grandparent with whom you haven't spoken in a while. And, since she wasn't able to make it up to the wedding, she apologized for not making it here, and then got onto the topic of the wedding and the pictures.
Here's where it gets good...she said, "He's a beautiful man...and a Westerner!! He could be a John Wayne type."
That made my day.
