Dear Anita,

I am glad you enjoyed my report.  And this is how it felt.  I came, I saw, I conquered – and now reporting back! And now–moving right along.

Young Cali Chica, stream of consciousness:

Yes, I would like to talk about the roaring lion.  My dad is often a scary lion – big bulging eyes, roaring, in person, on the phone.  Getting in fights if we go to the airport, or on the phone with customer service.  He is an angry lion, but also a scared kitty cat.

My mom, she can be a roaring lion too, in fact, she sometimes does this weird scream that sounds like a deep growl of a lion or tiger. She does it to sound scary, kind of like someone making a scary voice – or someone in a movie – making a voice.  I guess it does work, but probably on little kids.

these roaring lions, they can be scary, it makes me feel bad if my parents are roaring angry lions to me