You aren't going to believe this

First off, good news on Grace (we think). The nurse called, and Grace's urine culture came back clear for bad bacteria. Why the pus and blood? We don't really know, but she is drinking A LOT of liquid today to flush her little system. Keep your fingers crossed.

That wasn't the only development yesterday. This one you're not going to believe.

At 4:10 pm there was a knock on my door, followed by a doorbell ring. Oprah Winfrey was standing on my porch.

I'm not joking. Seriously, Oprah Winfrey came to my house.

I answered the door and said "Oh My God, Oprah Winfrey is at my house."

Oprah: "It's four o'clock, what are you doing?"

Me: "Come on in" (Oprah enters with a woman carrying a camera and a very large bodyguard) "I'm sorry but I'm not watching Oprah on TV."

Oprah: (enters my living room to confirm that her show isn't on my TV) "You're not watching?"

Me: "I have two babies sleeping right now. I was keeping the house quiet, so the TV isn't on."

Oprah: "Well, we gotta go then."

Me: "It's nice to have you in the neighborhood."

Of course, I called everyone I know in the next five minutes to tell them what happened. There was a fair amount of confusion about why she left so quickly (I think she was in search of someone watching Oprah, so she could give them tickets to the show she is filming in Macon today).

I spent a little bit of time yesterday kicking myself that I didn't have the TV turned on. When I told my good friend Nina, she said "I think it's great: great that Oprah is in town filming a show, and great that you have so many things in your life that you don't have time to watch Oprah."

She's so right. I had much bigger things on my mind yesterday, the health of my oldest child for one. That tops Oprah any day.

When I shut the door after Oprah departed, I realized that Grace was sitting at the top of the stairs, very much awake.

"Who was that woman, mommy?" she said.

"That was Oprah Winfrey."

"Well she woke me up from my nap."

Yes, she did. You see here's the funny thing: Oprah may have the biggest book club in the world, but she can't actually read. I have a sign posted over my doorbell that reads "PLEASE KNOCK, Thank you". I often have one or more small children sleeping in the house, and I don't want them to be woken with a doorbell.

Oprah looked at my sign and rang the bell.