Mom (calling from living room): Laurie. Laurie. Laurie. Laurie.
Me (emerging from room): Hm?
Mom: Who is this little girl who grew up to be a famous actress? What’s her name?
Me (staring at TV screen of young Natalie Portman crying in The Professional): Natalie Portman.
Mom: She’s “The Swan,” right? (to my dad, matter-of-factly) She grew up to be “The Swan.”
