Yesterday afternoon there was Christmas lunch with my parents, both in their late eighties and still in good spirits. The grandchildren are busy talking about their gym activities, i.e. the gym: “Do you come there often?” “I go almost every day.”
Grandpa and grandma listen in the background for a while. Suddenly Grandma leans over to Grandpa and whispers: “Do you know who that Jim is?”
Jan van Lokven
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