Birthday Calls

Birthday calls

Every single year without fail, you’d call me at exactly 8:13 AM on my birthday. “That’s when you were born!” you’d say with that excited grandma voice. I’d usually still be half asleep but I’d smile hearing your voice. You’d tell me how proud you were of me and how much I’d grown. After you passed last March, I woke up on my birthday and stared at my phone until 8:14 AM. The silence was deafening. I kept thinking maybe heaven would make an exception just this once. I miss those calls. I miss you telling me how special I am. I miss you Grandma.