Transition Mugs

"Listen, Mom, I'm not your little girl anymore."

"That's O.K., Dad. I think I'll do with the ambient waterfall sounds tonight."

"Everything else is great. I'm just saying... a little advance notice would have been nice."

'Yes, death signifies a cosmic change of address. Alas, your husband's mail will not be forwarded.'

'Not again'

"Here, kid. You're gonna need this."

The fate of the emigrant

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

"I just..."

'You do realize you're no longer a pro athlete and there is no preseason to work out the kinks, don't you?'

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

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

Great doing business with you. I look forward to next year.

Life and Death

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

"The problem with online schooling is I can't get help from Mom and Dad!"

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

"Hi..just ringing to see if you got my e-mail?"

Doubt or Certainy

"Have a nice day harvesting data, honey."

'So push has come to shove...'

Women

PastFuture.

'You said to come back once I got my act together.'

They were right. Life did get better after middle school.

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

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

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

"Yesterday we're caterpillars, today this. Can't wait to see what's next."

"I love the smell of unemployment in the morning."

'Do I have to enter a plea?'

"For financial reasons we're selling this brick and mortar home and becoming an online family."

'He used to be my tiger, now he's nothing more than a skunk, a boar and a lying toad.'

"Recently separated."

The First Family