It's not that difficult, really. But that's just because I'm good at it. I've got experience. She was joking, mostly, I'm sure. And so, not that I'm being competitive, but the slightest urge I have to call Grace is squelched quickly in an effort to prove that it's really not so difficult, and that if Hilary needs to call him that much, then there might be a problem.
Big brothers are pretty lousy in that way.
This, of course, doesn't mean I don't think about Grace. I'm supposed to wait until I get back to L.A. because Grace wanted to see it. Overall, I'd say I've handled my lack of Grace with an abundance of grace. Oh come on. I think this apartness comes at an interesting point, where we're each starting to realize how the other had crept into our life.