Christopher did such a cute thing on May 26, 2002 when he was seven years old. He phoned me and asked "Gramma, can I come down?" I jokingly answered "Whatcha gonna bring me?" He replied "Huh" and I repeated the same. I said “Sure, you can come down." He stammered a little and told me good bye. I know he was very puzzled by what I said and did not know for sure how to decipher my unusual statement.

When he walked in the room where I was sitting, he sidled up to me and handed me a one dollar bill. I said "what is the dollar for?” to which he replied "It's yours" and walked away to play on the Nintendo. I really felt badly, because I thought maybe he thought I was serious about wanting money. I called him back to me and said "here, you take it and the next time you go to Wal-Mart you can spend it." He smiled real big and took the bill.

I phoned Beth to tell her about the cute incident and then realized the reason why Christopher gave me the dollar bill. Two days before, I took Christopher, Daniel, Andrew, Lizzy and Desi with me when I went shopping at Alva. They asked to go to Wal-Mart where I always let them buy something they wanted. I told them they could not get very much because I was short of money. I really meant cash in my purse. So when I quipped "whatcha gonna bring me?" Christopher put the two statements together and decided I really did need money. So when he asked Beth for a dollar, she asked him why he wanted it and he told her because Gramma needed money.

Beth gave him the dollar bill to him to give to me, knowing I would see the humor. She was right as I surely did. Christopher was always such a thoughtful little guy who always ran ahead of me to open the doors and held them open until I was inside.
The following are the words to the song, (with some slight changes) "I'm Busted" made popular by a number of singers.

My bills are all due, and the babies need shoes, but I`m busted.
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, and I`m busted.
I got a cow that went dry, and a hen that won`t lay,
a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day,
the county will haul my belongings away, I`m busted.
I went to my brother to ask for a loan, I was busted.
I hate to beg like a dog for a bone, but I`m busted.
My brother said : There ain`t a thing I can do,
my wife and my kids are all down with the flu,
and I was just thinking of calling on you, I`m busted.
Lord! I`m no thief, but a woman can go wrong, when she`s busted.
The food that we canned last summer is gone, and I`m busted.
The fields are all bare, and the cotton won`t grow,
me and my family gotta pack up and go,
where I`ll make a living the Lord only knows, but I`m busted.

Now Lois was not in dire straights like the above, but Christopher thought she was!