Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
ERMA BOMBECKChildren make your life important.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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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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I just clipped 2 articles from a current magazine. One is a diet guaranteed to drop 5 pounds off my body in a weekend. The other is a recipe for a 6 minute pecan pie.
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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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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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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He who laughs lasts.
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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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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’.
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When you’re lecturing teenagers and they begin to hum and leave the room, you can sense there is hostility.
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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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My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.
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