"I Want To Be Multilingual When I Grow Up"

[Posted by reader_iam]

"And a passionate and confident reader, too!"

My son's words, in a burst tonight. Good thing to hear--generally speaking, of course--but especially since today he lost a bid to become student-government rep or alt for his first-grade class, which was the endeavour about which he was determined and enthusiastic earlier this week.

Life goes on.

(And sometimes, just sometimes, as a parent, you think: "Well, hey, maybe I'm getting at least a bit of it right.")