![]() If you guess correctly, the other person scores. One person draws and the other person is on her honor to make her best guess. ![]() Since regular Pictionary can’t really be played with two people, we invented Honor Pictionary. Why don’t we play something you have an actual chance of winning? Honor Pictionary?” I guess if you’re going to be born with an illness that requires constant care, then it’s good to have your mom as your doctor.Ī few seconds later she gives me her best I’m-the-doctor- and-I’m-afraid-I-have-some-bad-news-for-you face. She opens her eyes, smiles, and caresses my cheek. Impulsively I give her a quick kiss on the forehead to remind her that it’s just me, her favorite patient, her daughter. This is the face her patients most often see- slightly distant, professional, and concerned. Her smile fades and is replaced by her more serious doctor’s face. ![]() She puts on her stethoscope so that she can listen to my heartbeat. ![]() It’s my birthday and we always spend the day together, just the two of us. Ordinarily Carla, my full-time nurse, would be taking my blood pressure and filling out my daily health log, but my mom’s given her the day off. I look up to see that her eyes are already laughing at me. She doesn’t mention her favorite of all our post-dinner activities-Phonetic Scrabble. “MOVIE NIGHT OR Honor Pictionary or Book Club?” my mom asks while inflating a blood pressure cuff around my arm. ![]()
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