Jill: Mom, how are you holding up?
Lillian: Oh, I'm hanging in there. But now, what about you? I hope all that traveling wasn't too hard on you, what with that flu and your ear infection.
Jill: No, really, Mom. I'm feeling much better now.
Lillian: You know, you always had a special place in your dad's heart.
Jill: I know. I know.
Lillian: He was really looking forward to that trip to see you.
Jill: He was?
Lillian: Oh, yes. But you were sick. And, of course, he understood. Now the irony is that you made the trip to see him.