Day Late and A Dollar Short?

Day late and a dollar short?

How is it that a two minute phone call can turn a "back to work" Monday morning into a holiday? This two minute phone call on Monday morning at about 6:45 AM was planned almost like a military operation. It was his Mothers Day gift to his mom. A phone call from half way round the globe. From Tal Afar, Iraq to Minnesota.

Do many kids know their mother's daily schedule, the morning routine, well enough to time a phone call that falls between the "getting ready for the day" and backing out of the garage? All the while taking into account a nine hour time difference and aiming for a window of only about ten minutes, He timed his Happy Mothers Day phone call perfectly.

But a phone call just isn't enough. There has to be a gift too. Being a half world away it's hard to purchase gifts and take care of delivering them. That's what friends/fathers are for.

I received my orders that morning.
I followed them.
I accomplished my mission too.

In fact, I accomplished two missions - for two special people he wanted to honor that day. His mother and his girl's mother.

Gifts were purchased and arrangements made - all on the spur of the moment.

He may have been a day late but you can't say he was the dollar short.