When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
ERMA BOMBECKA grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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Time. It hangs heavy for the bored, eludes the busy, flies by the for young, and runs out for the aged.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
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The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
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A grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.
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Some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat. And pure love – why, some days it’s so quiet, you don’t even know it’s there.
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He who laughs lasts.
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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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