ELIZABETH MCINTYRE

Little sisters enjoying a post-pie nap. Wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving, from my family to yours.

• 8-year-old sister: What are all those names behind the Thomas Jefferson statute?
• Me: Uh, those are all the names of all the slaves he's owned.
• Sister: WHAT?
• Me: Yep.
• Sister: But he didn't really own slaves, right?
• Me: Yes he did.
• Sister: But just pretending, right?
• Me: Nope.
• Sister: But how come somebody who owned slaves got to be President?
• Me: Other people owned slaves too, and they voted for him.
• Sister: How come the slaves didn't vote against me?
• Me: Well, they couldn't vote.
• Sister: They had to work without money AND THEY COULDN'T VOTE?
• Me: Yep.
• Sister: WAY UNFAIR.

Went over to my parents’ house for Father’s Day today, and we had every intention of going somewhere/doing something for Father’s Day. Instead, we went to to the grocery store, came home, started throwing/bumping/kicking my youngest sister’s Winnie the Pooh ball around… all afternoon.

Ah well. We had fun. Mom played photographer.

Little sister is celebrating her first election (she’s 18) with a summer job with the Warren Campaign. So proud of her! (She’s the tall one in the green shirt.)

• Sister: GUESS WHAT. I went professional clothes shopping today!
• Me: Uh, I'm not sure you'll need -
• Sister: I got graduation money!
• Me: Right.
• Sister: Only thing is, I accidentally got a blue dress.
• Me: Huh?
• Sister: You know, I got a blue dress. For my internship.
• Me: Right...
• Sister: Blue dresses and internships don't go well together.
• Me: Why not?
• Sister: Uh, i'm sure it'll come to you. *cue giggling*

• Mom: *starts crying*
• Me: Mom, she's just going to be like a 30 minute subway ride away.
• Mom: I know, but she'll be so busy!
• Me: Yeah, but it's not like I when I was three hour plane ride away. It won't be that bad.
• Little Sister: Awww, I'm going to miss you too, Mom. I always suspected you loved me more than Liz.
• Mom: I just can't believe my little AlliMac is moving out!
• Little Sister: A subway ride away.
• Mom: Dad and I are going to really miss you, is all, honey.
• Little Sister: I can be a total bitch from now till August, if that would help.

Folks, my baby sister is graduating from high school in about two weeks. Last time I checked, she was about 10. What happened?

• 8 year old sister: Lizzie, does Father Quan live in the church?
• Me: No, he lives in the rectory. It's the building there.
• Sister: That's not very big.
• Me: Well, it's only the two priests.
• Sister: But where do their wives and children live?
• Me: Oh, well, priests are considered married to the church. So they aren't allowed to get married.
• Sister: WHAT?
• Me: Yep.
• Sister: When I'm a priest, I'm going to change it.
• Me: Ah, actually, honey, well, only boys are allowed to be priests.
• Sister: WHAT?
• Me: Yeah.
• Sister: WHY?
• Me: I'm not sure.
• Sister: That is SO UNFAIR.
• Me: Yep.
• Sister: Fine. Then when I grow up I am going to be the Martin Luther King Jr. for girls so there's nothing girls can't do because otherwise it's not fair.