One son appears in stereo - a transistor in one ear and the phone in the other.

Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you.

A grandparent will accept your calls from anywhere, collect.

When they told me I needed a mastectomy, I thought of the thousands of luncheons and dinners I had attended where they slapped a name tag on my left bosom. I always smiled and said, 'Now, what shall we name the other one?' That would no longer be a problem.

If I had my life to live over I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

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.

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.