Along with my various Long Covid maladies, I have some significant hearing loss in my left ear (I was lucky I’d started to diagnose it before Covid, because it gave me access to some Long Covid treatments that would have taken much longer otherwise!) Anyway I find myself guessing sometimes, especially if my kid has been talking a lot about things like … lemonade… and my response isn’t crucial. Enjoy.
Transcript: Panel 1: My son and I are standing on a busy street corner. I am a white woman with short brown hair and walk with a cane. He is a 10 year old white kid with brown hair. He is saying “I’ve never been to Starbucks before, how come we never go there? this lemonade is really good.” He continues, as a car VROOMS by, and I hear “Mrhfm mfefm rrmmm.”
Panel 2: I look down at my son smiling and say, “I love you too honey.”
Panel 3: He looks up at me, bemused, and says “did you say ‘I love you’?” “Yeah.”
Panel 4: his face looking up at me with an odd look. “Oh. I love you too. But I really said…”
Panel 5, text only: “You’re Bumpy.”
Panel 6: I stare into space confused. Blink, blink blink.
Panel 7: A green sound effect – “The walk sign is on. The walk sign is on.”
Panel 8: He pulls me across the street. “No, on your arm, see? Bumpy.”
I say: “I’m going to say ‘You’re bumpy” when I mean “I love you” from now on.”
Kid: “I love you bumpy mom.”
END