“Hi-yy,” my 20-month old niece cooed into my dad’s iPhone.
“Hi Isla-boo*,” I yelled into the speaker of my Android phone before placing it on the armrest beside me as I drove home from school.
“Gigi!*” She shouted the name of my youngest sister.
“No, Isla, this is Tata.”
“Gigi!”
“It’s Tata, Isla. Remember me?” I tried to keep the cheer I no longer felt in my voice as I contemplated if my niece had really forgotten me in the month since I’d seen her.
“Gigi,” she insisted.
My dad began to laugh and explained that he had a picture of Gigi as the background of his phone. Isla recognized her picture and was saying her name.
Disaster averted. My niece remembers me – right?
*Names have been changed to protect the innocent. 
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#1 by Becky on November 16, 2010 - 12:37 pm
Awww, she remembers her Tata!