This morning, on the way to school/work:
Me: Petra, we're going to a bar-mitzvah tomorrow. Are you excited?
P: Mommy, what's a bar-meezbah?
Me: It's a ceremony for Jewish boys. Mommy, had a bat-mitzvah because Mommy's Jewish.
P: Like Daddy...and Biko...
Me: No, Daddy's not Jewish. Daddy's Catholic. Remember, we go to church with Daddy.
P: Well, am I one of those things? What am I?
Me: You are whatever you want to be...Jewish, Catholic...a little of both.
P: Mommy, I don't want to be anything. I just want to be me.
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