A grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.
Never underestimate what it takes to watch someone you love in pain.
I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.
A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.
My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.
Everyone I talked to was a recording-the bank, the elevator, your office, the school, a wrong number. You used to be able to call a wrong number and get a person.