When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
ERMA BOMBECKFor years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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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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Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work 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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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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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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Housework can kill you if done right.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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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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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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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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