A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
ERMA BOMBECKGrandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?
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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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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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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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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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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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He who laughs lasts.
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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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