his upcoming birthday in july marks the first year that my son will have lived in canada longer than the us. today, we are visiting my parents in the states and he excitedly told me in conspiratorial whispers that he went shopping with grandma at the tj max and there was a police officer "just standing there doing nothing even tho there wasn't anything happening" and was like "wow the police really are everywhere in america, huh???" and i was glad that for him it is almost just a meme to him and not a lived reality


