He who laughs lasts.
ERMA BOMBECKFriends are “annuals” that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a “perennial” that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There’s a place in the garden for both of them.
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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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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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Friends are “annuals” that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a “perennial” that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There’s a place in the garden for both of them.
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Some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat. And pure love – why, some days it’s so quiet, you don’t even know it’s there.
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It is my theory you can’t get rid of fat. All you can do is move it around, like furniture.
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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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Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work a miracle.
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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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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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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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People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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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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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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