here's an e-mail my mom wrote me:

A couple weeks ago, natalie started crawling.  Then, last week, she started walking.  Yesterday, she came up to ernest and asked where her auntie evelyn was?  She wants to know how you could have gone off to cambodia and missed all her important developmental years!  ernest told natalie you would be back soon, but then natalie ran away with her new boyfriend.  we blame you.

how could you, eve!

love,
mom