Is this a test of the emergency transport system?

I get home from work today and there's a message on my machine, from Mom.

"Beckie...I need you to bring me to the credit union, I need to deposit a check"

I stumble, crap...I have a sick kid on the couch, a kid at the sitter I haven't picked up yet, and one who needs to be picked up from a field trip in an hour. What do I do???

I know I need to call her back, but I know that I can't tell her that I can't do it... because we PROMISED her. That's when the seed gets planted in the back of my head...Is this a test?? Is she going to call ALL. THE. TIME. with little errands that NEED to be done, and so she can then prove to us that she NEEDS her car???

I quickly call the "baby" brother and ask if he can help her out, thankfully he can.





He calls me tonight, and thinks that indeed it was a test. They left the bank, she told him she needed a few groceries. "Some chips and some ginger ale." (He brought her chips on Monday and there were two bottles of Ginger ale in the fridge when I was there on Wednesday.) Hmm... so as he is putting away the ginger ale, he notices that in addition to the 2 bottles in the fridge, there are three under the sink. He puts the new soda in there and doesn't say a thing......


TIME.
WILL.
TELL.


We are strong.
This is right.
We love you Mom,
go ahead and keep testing us.
We will get you EVERYWHERE you need to go,
but we cannot let you drive.