Ignoring the "I forgets" and writing wedding speeches

WE’RE driving to Dublin Airport, and I have launched a private campaign not to respond with alarm to any statement beginning with oh my God I forgot, when uttered in connection to passports, keys, tickets, wallets, or anything else crucial to safe passage.

Ignoring the "I forgets" and writing wedding speeches

So far, there have been six oh my God I forgots — and we haven’t even hit the M8 yet. But though my heart has lurched at every one, I’ve held tough against all six; I’m embroidering the edges of a silk pashmina as my husband drives. I think the repetitive action helps. I think I’ll embroider all the way to England.

On the outskirts of Dublin, daughter 1 taps me on the shoulder from the back seat. “Oh my God, I forgot,” she says, “Granny’s picking us up from Bristol.”

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