I could practically feel the sweat beads starting to form. “Because all of my graduating students are potty trained.” I told her. “And I wanted to highlight what made Natasha really stand out as special.” (That and Natasha was reeeeeally just under the wire for making the cutoff in that department). The kid still beamed at my compliment.
Natasha’s mother smiled good naturedly. “Oh, that makes sense,” she said. “Still, her father and I had our worries about that.”