Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.

Because the majority of my readers are women, I feel that one public service I can provide to them is to spread the message of regular mammograms and early detection within the strip.

I'm more financially successful, but it just means the shopping blunders I make are bigger now.

Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.

My dog was with me all the time. I talked to my dog. She was my best buddy. I shared all my secrets with her, but I don't think I every really tried jokes out with the dog.

Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.

So often, happiness is the extent to which we balance our grandiose expectations with reality.