Adulting Transition Pillows

"With finances the way they are we had to give up the idea of a family holiday this year."

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

The fate of the emigrant

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

Pinocchio's Second Realization

Wordplay: Hibernation.

Introducing... The Everything Else Morning-After Pill!

"I can't get used to being a grownup."

"Yeah, you could say I've got mother issues....she told me I have to move out!"

Three kids in a trench coat, twenty years later.

"My parents said that until I find a job and move out they will not recognize me as a sentient being."

'Isn't it time you started thinking about cars instead of horsie rides?'

"Your mother and I want to make your 21st birthday a moving experience. We'll help you pack."

'Where Are They Now?'

'Chicken soup for dummies who don't sweat the small stuff.'

'Our tabby was pre-approved for a credit card!'

"It's a coming-of-middle-age story."

"Hon, I'm taking your advice and starting a new chapter."

" It was a jungle out there, but I quite liked it."

Doubt or Certainy

"On my taxes, I claimed my inner child as a dependent."

Pubertry

Women

"The kids - Prince Englebert and Princess Felicia - would like us to move into the olde monarchs' home."

'So push has come to shove...'

'I want to go out of town so that I can become a fully independent person, but near enough so that I can bring my laundry home.'

PastFuture.

"I just don't know what to do with myself in that long stretch after college but before social security."

Eighteenth Birthday.

"Awake and doing great"

"Just be happy you're getting in, worry about your hair later."

"Hello, I'm the bluebird of quiet resignation."

"To tell you the truth, I never thought downward mobility would be so, well, downward."