My kids got a bit shafted on the mother tongue front. Although they have dual citizenship, both my husband and I hail from English-speaking backgrounds. He speaks raisonnable French, enough to roughly translate the menu as “something beef with something something red sauce”. I can carry on a basic conversation en español después de dos o tres…
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Chalk and Cheese
What my immediate family lacks in size, it has always made up for in volume. Not only am I a passport-carrying American, my mother’s family is Italian-American. The stereotypes which lubricate films and television are sometimes spot on. Extended family get togethers, with aunties and uncles and 2nd cousins were loud affairs. Even with just…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 