and then

she says it.

like she said it a hundred times before

and it gets to me

everytime I hear it

to the deepest part of me

I am warmed

I am humbled

I am baffled

I am overwhelmed

I am comforted

I am speechless

from her words, from the blessing that could only come from God

and after I hang up the phone,

I cry

and I wait for 30 more days.