SLEEPING WITH GOD The burst of thunder sent a three year old flying into her parents' bedroom. "Mommy, I'm scared," she said. The mother, half awake and half unconscious replied, "Go back to your bed.…
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MOTHER'S FAVORITE The story is told of a mother who had seven children. She was asked a rather delicate question, "Don't you really have a favorite among all those kids?" To the questioner's astonishment, she…
MOM'S MOTIVATING LOVE Dorothy Day, the inveterate servant to the poor was asked why she had entered such service and why she gave her all to it. She replied: "I was inspired by my mother…
FEWER RINGS ON DAD'S DAY Officials at Illinois Bell said the telephone company handled about 2.5 million calls through mid-month Sunday, about the same number as on any other Sunday in June. It was a…
AN INCREASING LOAD FOR MOTHERS The Population Reference Bureau will release a report this week titled "New Realities of the American Family." It predicts that family life in the 1990s "will be marked by its…
MOM'S OLD DAUGHTERS A 100 year old woman was honored at a birthday celebration by her four daughters. She was asked if she felt that old. She looked around the room and then gave her…
Comparisons | Cooking | Criticism | Expectations | Failure | Frustration | Humor | Marriage | Mother
JUST LIKE MOM MADE IT The young bride just could not live up to the standards set by her husband's mother. She tried her best to cook like his mother, and he would continually coach…
PHONE FANTASIES Mommy was teaching her young son to use the phone. She showed him which numbers to push and explained about the dial tone and the sound of the other phone ringing. The process…
MY HERO: MY MOTHER All that can be written has perhaps been written about mothers. But I did not write it, and it was not written about MY mother. My mother was left a widow…
DEAR LORD I 'm asking you for something I guess it's called gumption, For if I don't have it I simply can't function. From Diary of a Fat Housewife, by Shirley Cook, published by Accent,…
A CHILD'S CAUSE AND EFFECT Every time I put my pajamas on, it gets dark. Every time the phone rings, I have this urge to make noise. Every time I go to bed, I need…
JUST A SPARE A neighbor was befriending a new child in the neighborhood. "I understand you have twins in your home." "Yes Sir, that's correct." the boy replied. "And are you one of those twins?"…
NAMES OR NUMBERS A census taker stopped at the door of a woman who had six children. He asked her how many children she had. She began to name each of her children. The census…
SWITCH FOR THE HOME The modern home has all the conveniences and latest technologies. There is a switch for this and a switch for that. There is now one last frontier for the home; There…
PRIMING THEIR PUMP Children are like pumps that need a prime. Without a beginning flow of water, a pump will not effectively operate. Without the initial surge of flow the current will be weak. The…
IDENTICAL SQUIRRELS A little girl and her mother were watching two squirrels play: "Mommy, those two squirrels look just alike. They could be twins." The mother agreed. "Or they could be brother and sister." The…
A MAALOX MOMENT Good old Mr. Wilson is sitting in his chair reading the newspaper. Mrs. Wilson is looking out the window as Dennis the Menace walks past the house. you can almost hear the…
DEVIL IN THE FAMILY An old puritan once wrote, "If you marry a child of the devil, you can expect to have trouble with your father-in-law." From Ironside, Esther, pg. 111
CLEANING HOUSES WITH CHILDREN Cleaning a house with children is like shoveling snow while it's still snowing.
THEY JUST DON'T WORK THAT WELL A teenage fellow was working on his car and just could not get it to work. His father patted him on the back and encouraged him: "Don't let it…
