This is the birthday card I painted for my son, Brian, in December.
We have a running joke where he asks me, “Are you okay?” for example. I reply, “Yes, I’m fine.” He looks at me and asks, “For real?” (only he pronounces it “fur real?”)
This has gotten to the point where I tease him about it, and he hugs me and laughs. I made him the card to further the teasing, while showing him that it means a lot to me that he doesn’t just settle for a pat, knee-jerk answer from me. He really wants to know.
Today we experienced icing on the cake of our running joke.
We were on our way to the gym and suddenly a bird started calling. It was quite loud and insistent, and occurred over and over. I started to laugh.
When Brian looked at me, I said, “Don’t you hear him? He’s saying, “Fur Real?” At which point Brian started to laugh.
We smiled all the way the rest of the way to the gym.
We now have a “Fur Real” bird! 😂 🤣
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