What would it be like to live in Michigan?

Sometimes, I wonder what it would be like bringing up kids in the States right now and am very glad to be living the EU. I just came across a great example of what it must be like, written by Dennis Perrin, in his blog, Red State Son, where he describes the particular mix of “happiness, love, and fear” that a day out with his kid at the swimming pool makes him feel. Surely, one of the great things about the EU is that no-one expects you to have any silly patriotic feelings about it.

BTW, I love the lay-out of Perrin’s blog.