Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It’s unbridled, its unplanned, it’s full of suprises.
ERMA BOMBECKOne thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
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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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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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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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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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Children make your life important.
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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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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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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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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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I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.
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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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