Resilient Kid Gifts

'My parents are divorced...and I'm doing very nicely, thank you.'

Captain in a storm

"May we live in interesting times. And may we outlive them."

'I'm not quitting! Who knows if i'll ever get another chance to break a hundred!'

A sturdy hand-hold against the vicissitudes of life: $1.00 per minute.

"Someday, Sweetheart, you’ll look back on this day and think to yourself, ‘Covid ruined my college experience.’"

"I used to think" if I don't go to work the world will fall apart. . . but it fell apart anyway."

Covid and Restarting School

"Attitude is everything, Sid. Remember: Life is 10% what happens to us, and 90% how we choose to react to it!"

"I'm sure he'll pull through. He's always been a real fighter."

Don't Take No For an Answer

"Your company folded – that doesn't mean you have to."

Female chemotherapy warrior.

"On a clear night when the stars are twinkling over the city, I almost don’t mind that civilization collapsed."

Eva Schloss

Redundancies

The globe vaults over Covid-19

"First day out of bed?"

"Sleep? Who needs sleep? It's time to PARTAY!"

"Rough year?" (2021 new year baby asking 2020 old year man)

The Life Cycle of a Startup

Akron, oh, you're on Ask Sadie. What's your problem?! I'm thinking of not signing up for health insurance this year. Good idea. In my day, there was no such thing as health insurance. If you got sick, you paid for it with either money or chickens. That's if you were a lily-livered coward who just had to see a doctor. When great-great-grandmother Cohen had her sixth heart attack, she just applied a poultice made of chestnut leaves and flour and kept on plowing.

"This accident will not affect my career as a football pro. Fortunately, I'm left-footed."

"Could be worse..." "Could be worse..." "Could be worse..." "Could be... oh, never mind."

'I guess it's just one of those days.'

"It's just that sometimes, I feel like I'm on a sinking ship!"

Hang in There!

Over the last year I've come to have a new opinion about what real strength is.

"Captain, I'm burned out!"

Trees and hurricanes

Cubans are happy despite bad weather.

Covid Fightback

"You've been an asset to the company, but then so has carbon paper."

'Stocks rebounded from the downturn on news that what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.'

We're after someone who's prepared to hang in for the long haul before being rewarded.