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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.

Erma Bombeck

I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.
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Clothes Live Luck Myself Society
Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work a miracle.
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God Help Herself Life Maguc Pregnant Time Woman
Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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Brain Damage Funny Injury
Success is outliving your failures.
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Failure Growth Inspirational Live One Liner Success
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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Death Doctor Funny Humor Inspirational Plant
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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Bed Boredom Family Mom Myself
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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Death Experience Food Funny Hope Humor Man Myself Pieces Travel
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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Family Judgement Mom Understand
Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
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Live Play Religious See Travel Understand Yourself
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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Evening Failure Feeling Goodness Misery Sun
I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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Exercise Insect Inspiration Woman
It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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Communication Inspirational Life Listening Suffering
Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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Children Clean Funny Home Mom
People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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Doctor Funny Humor People Survive Money
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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Care Deep Emotion Funny Hard Love Pride Quiet Reality Yourself
Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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Food Funny Humor Moments Woman

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