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I Sent a Voice Note. Half of It Was to the Cat.
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The ordinary bits can be the best part of a catch-up
Deb records a voice note for her sister three times, hoping to sound cheerful and composed. Then Mabel sits on the tea towel. Deb forgets the recording, addresses her cat in a very particular voice and presses send. Listening back, she worries about how she sounds. Rosie asks what Deb enjoys hearing in her sister's messages: the laughter, the tiny complaints and the feeling of being in the kitchen together. Her sister's call begins with a question about Mabel and carries on into an ordinary, unpolished catch-up.
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Deb: I sent my sister a voice note. Half of it was, 'Mabel, move your bottom.'
Rosie: Straight to the important family news.
Deb: I wanted to sound cheerful. Busy. Like a woman with things to report. Recorded it three times. First too posh. Second sounded cross.
Rosie: And the third?
Deb: Mabel sat on the tea towel. I forgot I was recording. 'Move your bottom, madam. That's for drying cups.' Then I pressed send.
Rosie: A very clear update.
Deb: I listened back. There's this ridiculous voice I only use with her. I thought, wonderful. My sister thinks I'm having a full conversation with the cat.
Rosie: Were you?
Deb: Yes. But usually without witnesses.
Rosie: What do you enjoy in your sister's messages?
Deb: When she starts laughing and forgets what she was telling me. Or complains about something tiny. It feels like being in the kitchen with her.
Rosie: Your kitchen had made it into the message.
Deb: All of it. My sister rang. First question: 'Has madam moved her bottom?' I couldn't answer for laughing.
Rosie: How was the rest of the call?
Deb: Lovely. We talked about our days. Nothing polished. She told me about turning up at work with two different earrings.
Rosie: And Mabel? Back in her chair by the window?
Deb: Of course. We talked for twenty minutes. Mabel slept through the whole conversation. After providing most of the material.
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