Take off your Mask

Tonight we celebrated Ellie's ninth birthday with my mom, Myndy, Jason, and Stella. As seems to always happen these days we finished off dinner and started telling stories about dad. Mom remembered this story from when she and dad were first married. My dad was driving home from the college and was wearing cowboy boots. A bee had gotten trapped inside his boot and had stung him many times. By the time he arrived home his face was swollen he had developed a rash. My mom took one look at him and said, "Myles, quit teasing me and take that mask off." It didn't take her long to realize that it was no mask. She called grandpa Rufus and he came over quickly with his bee kit. Dad recovered fully but teased mom mercilessly about her less than sympathetic first response.