This Is Why You Can’t Learn A Foreign Language

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“Josie, doll, would you set the table too, please?” As I set my mother’s nicest china on our farmhouse table, I hear the front door burst open. Shortly after greetings and hugs are exchanged. Then I hear two little voices speak in a language I don’t understand, but have always been mesmerized by, Spanish. I feel my cheeks lift into a soft smile and rush to welcome my cousins, aunt, and uncle into our home. My…