fun little old lady

There's this one saintly lady at my church. It took me awhile to realize how neat she is, because she has one of those deadpan-old-person faces. (At least it's not an angry-old-person face.) Her name is uber-Mennonite, so let's call her Mrs. Janzen.

Back in the summer when Robi and Rikki got engaged, Mrs. Janzen came up to me on a Sunday morning and congratulated me on my engagement. I explained that she had the wrong gal, and we both had a good laugh. She said that in her old age she had trouble keeping all the young people apart, and I said that in my young age I still had trouble keeping all the old people apart.

So today was baby Caleb's first day in church at 8 days old. (I guess I only alluded to his arrival in my recent quiz post...anyway, R&R's baby is here and he's healthy and his name is Caleb!) Mrs. Janzen nabbed me in the lobby after church today and said "Did you notice? I didn't congratulate you today!" I had forgotten about the engagement incident entirely, so we had ourselves another good laugh! I'm so glad when people can laugh at their own mistakes.