My Daughter Drew Two Houses
Language: en
It was parent-teacher night at the Pre-K. The teacher had asked the kids to draw a picture titled "My Family." My daughter, Megan, had drawn two houses. The teacher, smiling, asked her why she drew two homes. Megan said, "Mommy's house has a puppy. My house doesn't." I was standing in the doorway of the classroom, holding a paper plate of cookies I'd brought for the staff. I froze. A few other parents glanced at me. I forced a polite, tight smile, walked in, and set the cookies on the teacher’s desk. On the drive home, Megan was singing in the backseat. I kept looking at her in the…