Many of the network television shows have done takeoffs on 'Family Circus,' including 'David Letterman,' 'Friends,' 'Roseanne,' and others, and, in my estimation the use of them is a compliment to the popularity of the feature, which just by mentioning it's name sets up the image of a warm, loving family-type feature.

I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, father and the kids. It's a subject that is near and dear to me.

Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I'm getting old and I need something to rely on So tell me when you're gonna let me in I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.

Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm stranded in the wrong time where love is just a lyric in a children's rhyme

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.

OF COURSE I'd like to be the ideal mother. But I'm too busy raising children.