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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

Erma Bombeck

Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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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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Children make your life important.
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Housework can kill you if done right.
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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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I was trampled to death by a man who believed his luggage would be the first piece off. If he were an experienced traveler, he would know that the first piece of luggage belongs to no one. It’s just a dummy suitcase to give everyone hope.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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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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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.
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Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.
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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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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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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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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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