LOL! # 1: The Gray Hair Dilemma

(This is the first installment in Jaibhakti's new LOL! series. In the future, I'll be asking for YOU to submit stories that can be included on this site. This particular segment, The Gray Hair Dilemma, comes to you straight from...my mom, a.k.a. "Mimi". I think it's the perfect example of how Divine Intervention sometimes comes in the form of humor.)

The events of this story took place on the evening of my daughter Bhakti's cervical spine surgery. To relax a little after a day spent in the waiting room of our local hospital, I decided to take my seven year old grandson, Kevin, to Friendly's restaurant for dinner. After ordering our food, Kevin reached for the crayon box on the table and began to draw on his paper placemat.

"Look, Mimi, I'm drawing a picture of you. Are your eyes green or blue?" he asked.

"They're blue, just like yours," I replied.

Upon completion, he handed me the drawing with a big smile on his face. I said, "Kevin, I don't have blonde hair!"

"Well, Mimi, I don't have a gray crayon!"