"Go quick, come back quicker"

[conuly]

My mother used to say that to me when I left the house. I guess it comes from French, or maybe even Walloon originally - I've never heard anybody say that but Mommy and Bonne-Maman, and I think Bonne-Maman told me once that her mother used to say it to her, so there you go.

And now I don't know anybody who says it anymore.

I took my mother's actual number off my phone, but I left the entry for "Mommy" there. I know that if *I* find a phone that's unlocked the first thing I do is call "Mom" or "Dad" to let them know where whoever-it-is left their phone, but obviously that's not going to work now. Be a bit weird if it did! Still, I couldn't stand to actually remove the entry, so now it's just a name that leads nowhere.

Comments

[dark_phoenix54]

{{{{{hugs}}}}}

I'm so sorry you are in this pain. It *does* get better, but it takes a long time.

[conuly]

Well, it currently seems to be going better than when my father died. So there's that.

[kareina]

Is marking some of your contacts with the tag "in case of emergency" (ICE) not done there? It is normal here in Sweden (yes, it is the English abbreviation that is used), so if someone finds you injured, or just your phone, they call one of the ICE numbers to let them know.

[conuly]

Well, yeah, but I'm still going to pick their Mom number that's marked thusly over their non-Mom number.