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I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.

Erma Bombeck

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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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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Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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Give Up Guilty
I remember thinking how often we look, but never see … we listen, but never hear … we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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Courage Dream Kindness Yourself
If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished ever moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
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Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen Three. It takes one to say What light and two more to say I didn’t turn it on.
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Children Ideas Light Myself Yourself
He who laughs lasts.
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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Discover Myself Science Worry
Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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Act Children Forgiveness Love
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.

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