U.K. Here We Come!
We’re having our first feature in the U.K. press and I’m psyched.
Why?
Because I am a faux-Londoner and I want to prove we can be relevant ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I was born in Germany but grew up first in NYC and then in London. I spent 14 years there. Judging by my accent, you might think 14 minutes, not 14 years but I promise, I’m not exaggerating. Every time I go back I wax nostalgic. I remember the alleyways where I got “pissed” with my Adam and the Antz look-alike friends and the High Streets where I shop-lifted lip gloss and black nail polish. (You may be relieved to hear that while I had a bad attitude for a while, I did eventually come around!)
Of course, my kids will do none of this bad stuff, will they, because they will be under lock and key. Here, in the safe American suburbs… right? Please?
Anyway, I’m happy we’ll be heard across the pond. It’s for YOU that I expunged as many “moms” as I could from our text, replacing them with “mother” instead! It’s for my friends from University, and the it- girls from school in London, and the not-it girls too, and all those mums who don’t know me… but share the same joys and challenges.