In their first stage of being empty-nesters, Clark and Stella looked forward to some rest in their modest but comfortable home on the corner. Their mutual goal had been to see their children educated and secure. Cutting corners in their budget was important, but cell phones were a necessity. Text talk was a result.
Completed unexpected, Clark began experiencing medical problems. After months of treatment, Clark began to improve. Stella texted the kids, “s” AAK. 2G2BT. ADBB. *w* *w*
Pay back time for the lost time she had spent decoding their texts.
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ABOUT ME
Hello. To various folks I am Neat’nee, Mom, Grandma Neta, Gramma, Aunt Neta, Aunt Noni, Aunt Neno, and Aunt Neto (lots of varieties from little nieces and nephews). To some I’m more like “Didn’t you used to be my teacher?” or “Don’t I know you from someplace?” To you, perhaps, I am a Fellow Blogger. Not “fellow” like a male or a guy, but “fellow” like a companion or an adventurer. I would choose to be Grandma Blogger, and have you pull up a chair, my website before you, while I tell you of some days of yore. I have experienced life much differently than most of you. It was and is a good life. I hope to share nuggets of appreciation for those who have gone before me and those who come after me. By necessity you are among those who come after me and I will tell you of those who came before. Once upon a time in a little house on a prairie - oops, change that lest I commit plagiarism - and change that “house on the prairie” to “dugout on the prairie.” So my story begins...
LOL. all I got was Two good to be true, the rest is Gobbilygook.
I laugh when my children say things like “You don’t know!” Get with it.
Then again, they have never heard of a pay phone or walking to the shops.
decoding above under c.a.post. Yes, we do have some in out “computers” that our kids have missed. I remember how nervous I was the first time I used a dial phone. I was in high school calling my grandmother. 😀
I didn’t get any of it, so the answer in the first message left me none the wise lol As for texting…I think deciphering a text is like deciphering a teenage boy’s grunt. Depends on the tone and the length…my son was a classic. He still grunts and he’s 28! Love your story!
Thank you. You have a point about the tone and length. Between mother and kids, the texts would be hurried at least. So you have discovered the range of vocabulary in a grunt. And in only 28 years? LOL
I want to pay tribute to wonderful people I have known, the wonderful country in which I live, the communities in which I have lived, the churches who have claimed me as their own, the God who sends shivers down my back when I really give him a portion of my time—well, maybe not shivers but tears flow easily in some of those most priceless times.
Sweet aroma 
Hmm. guessing we’re going to have to wait for the translation?
❤️&🙏, c.a.
The day has ended. Here are the answers. smile, awake and kicking, too good to be true, all done bye bye, wink, wink.
What c.a.post said!!
see comment to c.a.post
LOL. all I got was Two good to be true, the rest is Gobbilygook.
I laugh when my children say things like “You don’t know!” Get with it.
Then again, they have never heard of a pay phone or walking to the shops.
decoding above under c.a.post. Yes, we do have some in out “computers” that our kids have missed. I remember how nervous I was the first time I used a dial phone. I was in high school calling my grandmother. 😀
I also picked up “too good to be true,” but I’m puzzling over the rest. Does the last section convey hands raised in prayer/praise? J.
Jay, the decoding is under the top comment. Thanks for joining the fun.
Such a clever story. Well done.
Thanks, Bill. I’m expected to text now instead of phoning. You know how all my contacts are too busy texting to answer their phone. 😀
I have been told to text. I know what you mean.
We are still on top, at least vocabulary-wise. 😀
funny story, Oneta
Thank you. I identify with Stella. 😀
You’re welcome 🙂
They are difficult to deciper at times aren’t they? Cute story.
Thanks for playing along. If you need help, I have given the answer under the top comment.
i must have been born too early. i couldn’t decipher what the text means. 🙂
Look at my first comment at top to C.A.Post. Thanks for giving it a try.
Ha! Good one. Love text talk
Thanks.
I didn’t get any of it, so the answer in the first message left me none the wise lol As for texting…I think deciphering a text is like deciphering a teenage boy’s grunt. Depends on the tone and the length…my son was a classic. He still grunts and he’s 28! Love your story!
Thank you. You have a point about the tone and length. Between mother and kids, the texts would be hurried at least. So you have discovered the range of vocabulary in a grunt. And in only 28 years? LOL