[She catches it, but when she's three thousand miles away, she doesn't want to provoke it. At least not by calling it out. Telling people they can cry only makes them clam up more.]

With you two here? There's no place else I'd rather be.

Hey, listen, if you find anywhere selling coffee you like? Buy some of the beans, I've been looking for ones that're are good as what we have back home, but nothing's measuring up. Then we can have good coffee whenever you come by. I'll trust your tastebuds if they can survive our chicken.

Oh, and sweetie? Check the outside pocket of your bag, the one with the zipper that you miraculously didn't have filled up. [Did she sneak cash into it with the note "happy early birthday! get something nice for yourself! :)))"? Yes she did.]