I posted this little cartoon on Facebook four years ago, and it came up as a Memories memory on Wednesday. I noticed that Red wrote, “You are so cute; you should make this team a daily occurrence,” with a little star emoji.
I really should have listened to her more. Often she would have ideas about what I should do creatively, I would nod and say “I should do that,” and then I would proceed to ignore her advice. Now here she goes again, nudging me from the next life.
I do remember the toon, and I have a vague memory of considering her advice for a few moments and promptly forgetting. Or maybe I was phased by that word “daily.” Would anyone really want to see these critters every day? Would I want to doodle them every day?
From time to time, though … more often than once every four years … I could see it. It’s not too late, and although Red won’t be around to say, “I told you so,” I can vividly imagine her saying it.
