Family Cherisher Gifts

I love my mummy because...

"I know it's not an ideal situation, Samantha, but how else are we going to afford a 160 gigabyte laptop, a top of the range mobile and a Playstation 3 for the kids presents?"

Sigh … They grow up so fast, don't they?

The Not So Wild West

First Steps

"There's my very first school - where I learned how to hug."

Children with Dog on Christmas Eve

'It's so incredible, getting to discover the little bundle of magic hidden inside.'

Bottle Time

'That one was taken on our wedding day, when he was young, handsome and in love. That other one was taken when he was older, more mature and a pain in the neck.'

"I want the hatchlings to grow up in a nurturing comet free environment."

'Look what my son gave me!'

The gift of a family Christmas

'You rejected my great grandfather and my father. I demand you recuse yourself!'

"Can't you keep your parenting to yourselves?"

"In all the years I’ve endured your presence, I have never once heard you mention your mother." "It’s almost as if you think you sprang fully formed from the bowels of the earth." "When’s the last time you called your mother?" "December 2, 1992." "The day before text messaging was introduced." "Ingrate!!!"

What a stupid custom! I like it. Teddy. Twig. But I don't believe in Santa and neither do you. So don't hang your stocking! I do believe in mom and dad! Ahh

Wedding photo with a dog on the grooms side

And this is your great, great, great, great, great Aunt Sally... Course, she's extinct now, rest her soul.

"The day after Thanksgiving is a day of rest for cooks."

'Don't Worry - They Never Think It'

"Hell, as Jean-Paul Sartre once said, is other peoples' inheritance tracks."

Christmas telly!

Discussion...1/4 mile. Argument...1/2 mile. Fight...1 mile.

Research Fellow Kate Jackson and her pooch, Dean Thompson.

"Nana, it's fine if those are your final words, but it's also OK if you want to take another stab at them."

"I didn't want the family business but ten years ago, on take your child to work day, my father wouldn't let me go home again."

Who wants spiked eggnog.

'You've been a good little sister, I want you to have this sweater while I go to Europe for the summer.'

Class Reunion. Remember when we all used to be the same age?

'I've reached that awkward stage in my life...between 'Do you take this man' and 'Till death do you part.''

"Our goal is your complete satisfaction. But we'll settle for your money."

Life Hourglass

"Going...going...gone. And so it goes...another minute of our fun-filled spring break disappears."

I can't believe it. The newspaper is trying to cancel Blondie. I love that comic strip. I'm its biggest fan. I've read it since I was a girl. My mom read it. Grandma Sadie read it. The first Blondie collection has been passed down through several generations. It's a family heirloom. The sandwich etchings are hilarious. They did that same joke last week.