Conversations I Have With My Parents

Yesterday, I had the following phone conversation with my Dad:

Me: Idle chatter about Mother's Day.
My Dad: Oh, by the way, your grandmother is in the hospital.
Me: Wait, what? Is she ok?
My Dad: She's fine; she'll probably lose a toe.
Me: The whole toe?
My Dad: Maybe just part of it.
Me: ...

Conversations of this type (important information casually dropped into conversation) are fairly common. Here are a few more examples.

This is from when I was in elementary school, or possibly middle school. You can see they go far back.

Me: Hi, Daddy.
My Dad: Hi, Rachel.
Me: Idle Chatter.
Me: When are you coming home?
My Dad: I'm in Denver for the weekend; I'm not coming home.
Me:...

A few from college.

Me: Hello?
My Mom: Hi, Rachel. I just wanted to tell you that your dad had skin cancer removed from his nose just now. He's fine.
Me: ...

Me: Hello?
My Dad: Hi, Rachel. I just called to see how you are.
Me: I'm fine. What are you doing right now?
My Dad: Standing on the side of the road, waiting for the tow truck.
Me: What happened to your car?
My Dad: It got totaled. I'm fine.
Me: ...