Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I took a walk and had lunch with my Buddhist swim buddy. It is the Buddha's birthday, and with the eclipse and orange moon, she considered our meeting auspicious. We hugged for the first time in over a year, and with felt so good to be doing something together, instead of talking on the phone or texting. She showed me some of her favorite trees around where she lives, and an enchanting succulent garden that was rainbow colors and filled with surprises. She recommended a book I've heard about: Finding the Mother Tree, so I ordered it. During our meal her daughter kept trying to speak with her, and she told her she was at a cafe with me, and would call later, but the daughter kept texting. It was unsettling for me, and I am now wondering if there is some crisis developing. So I am still unsettled. Well, on the Buddha's birthday, what could be more appropriate than being unsettled?! Of course I am always and forever unsettled, I just seldom notice it. The joke's on me.