Julie DavisCompte certifié

1. Adventures in American parenting: My son’s daycare sent him home with a list of the other babies in his class entitled “For Valentine’s Day.” My son can’t yet speak much less write so the implication is that I, his mom, will fill out cards for a bunch of babies all under age 1

2. My first reaction was awwww, how cute. My second was the revolted immigrant Rukmini, one whose mom never helped me with homework, and who once came to my cross-country meet, embarrassing me so thoroughly by running after me with a liter of Evian, I asked her not to come again

3. For most of elementary & high school, I was mortified by how my family couldn’t get with the program. For example, trying to give Trick or Treaters $1 bills. Like the kids were strippers. When I insisted it had to be candy, they tried placing sticky cupcakes in their pumpkins