(SETTING: My house as the wife and I sit on the sofa, her trying to read something on her phone and me trying to interrupt her process.)
ME— I gave Moosie my apple core.
WIFE— Uh huh.
ME— He loves them. You could tell, by the way he clamped down on it gently in his mouth, that he was grateful.
WIFE— Uh huh.
ME— Like he was saying, “Thank you very much for this apple core, Pa. I am indeed your buddy…”
WIFE— Uh huh.
ME— “And I love you…”
WIFE— Uh huh.
ME— “More than Mama…”
WIFE— All right.