I've decided life is too fragile to finish a book I dislike just because it cost $16.95 and everyone else loved it. Or eat a fried egg with a broken yolk (which I hate) when the dog would leap over the St. Louis Arch for it.

The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms. . . and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.

A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn't charge more after midnight - or anything before midnight.

Motherhood is the second oldest profession in the world. It never questions age, height, religious preference, health, political affiliation, citizenship, morality, ethnic background, marital status, economic level, convenience, or previous experience.

In the South Pacific, because of their size, mosquitoes are required to file flight plans.

Mother's words of wisdom: Answer me! Don't talk with food in your mouth!

The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean.