ME: Ants?
ME: Ants!
ME: ANTHONYYYYY!
ANTHONY: Yes? Jules? Sorry, I was napping. You sound just like my mother!
ME: Napping? Do you nap often? I had this picture of you frolicking joyously with the lambs and the lions.
ANTHONY: Okay, I’m awake now. Is something wrong?
ME: Not really. I was just thinking about how much I wish you could be here for the various Christmas festivities. I’m hosting Christmas eve brunch again at my place – 15 now, including three of your little great-nephews. They never got to meet you!
ANTHONY: Rubbish! I met the first one and he was magnificent.
ME: Oh yes!
ANTHONY: Let me get this right: I now have nine, going on eleven, great-nephews and great-nieces.
ME: When did you get so good at math, Ants?
ANTHONY: It’s a counting days exercise we do here, with lots of attention to detail.
ME: I found this photo of you with your second great-niece and it melted my heart!
ANTHONY: You are far too sentimental, Jules, but yes that was a special day for me too.
ME: I so wish you could come and see Ming’s house and meet his partner!
ANTHONY: I already know her, Jules, and she is almost as beautiful as you, a perfect match for our unique Ming.
ME: Heaven seems to have made you more eloquent, Ants.
ANTHONY: May I go back to my nap, Jules? Is there anything else?
ME: Not at the moment. Thanks, Ants….
ANTHONY: For future reference, Jules, lambs and lions don’t ordinarily frolic together.
ME: Oh, okay.
ANTHONY: I think you may have misinterpreted a Bible verse
ME: Since when do you read the Bible?
ANTHONY: Since I died and went to Heaven, Jules. Keep up, for God’s sake!
jmgoyder 
Well imagined.
I love the way you are building “perspective” now.
This made me smile
I love, love, love these conversations! They are EXACTLY Anthony! Only you could capture him so perfectly.