Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1959)

I slept tintil afternoon. I didn’t have to call Liz — she called me. That day, other days, from London after they got there. No daughter could have made a mother feel more welcome. She came to the hotel and we sat and talked about our two families and about the wedding. She told me that she and Eddie had decided to be married in the Rabbi’s Chamber, but as it turned out, they were married in the Temple Beth Sholom. Then we talked about how wonderful it was going to be for Eddie and me to see Eddie’s little girl, Carrie. “Carrie calls me ‘Gam Ma,’ ” I said. She would arrive with her nurse, Aggie, the next day. Then I said I thought that it was good of Carrie’s mother to send her to Vegas to us for two days. “Oh, Eddie’s so excited about having Carrie with him,” Liz said. And we smiled at each other, both happy that Eddie was happy. Carrie arrived the next day in charge of Aggie, who is young and capable and devoted to both Carrie and Todd. Todd is still too young for trips away from home and schedule, so I didn’t get to see him. But I understood. Carrie is a child to make a grandmother proud and happy. Aggie asked her, “Carrie, what does your father do?” “My daddy sings!” sang Miss Carrie Fisher. She was wearing a little playsuit with ruffles around her pretty little legs and arms, and she looked adorable. “Would you like to go with Gam Ma?” I asked, and she slipped her hand in mine. Everyone looked at her because she’s Carrie, just her own self. That afternoon Carrie went swimming with her daddy and with Michael and Chris, Elizabeth’s sons. Eddie played with them all afternoon. “Why is water wet?” asked Carrie, and Eddie tried to answer. He didn’t ignore any of their questions and neither did Elizabeth. “Who is that lady?” Michael asked. Liz put one arm around her children and the other around me and said, “My mother is your grandmother, but this is Eddie’s Mom and I’m going to marry Eddie ... so this is your grandmother, too.” That evening Carrie and Aggie went to hear Eddie sing. I’d planned to go to the show the next night with Elizabeth, her family, and a party of guests, but Carrie said, “I wpnt Gam Ma to go now.” I had to rush to get dressed. Aggie put Carrie in a little silk print with a white background, white shoes and socks. Her hair was brushed to a gleam. “Gam Ma can’t compete with you,” I laughed, “but this way she can hear your daddy sing twice.” There were chairs for us, right up front. Carrie sat on my lap — for a few minutes. But, after the show had started, she kept swiveling around and looking. Then she stood up on my lap and asked out loud, “Where’s my daddy?” “There’s my daddy!” she said when he came on. He’d started to sing but he stopped to laugh. 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