Monthly Archives: May 2022
Lynn's Comments: This Sunday was the result of a "what if" scenario. I was in a department store change booth trying on bathing suits with a growing sense of doom. Everything seemed designed to accentuate my worst assets. My daughter was old enough to know not to escape and lead me on a chase through a busy mall, but the thought crossed my mind. What if I had to run out in public wearing the disastrous suit I was struggling into? This idea made its way onto the Sunday page, and the result was a flood of letters from other moms similarly disgusted by the cruel offerings foisted on us by bathing suit manufacturers.
Monday May 2, 2022
Lynn's Comments: When you’re living in a house that’s being renovated, you learn to put up with all kinds of noise and inconvenience.
Tuesday May 3, 2022
Lynn's Comments: In this strip, the contractor is speaking with a marked French Canadian accent. I was harshly criticized for making fun of French Canadians—until Paul himself wrote back to my critics and said that this was exactly the way he talked!
Wednesday May 4, 2022
Thursday May 5, 2022
Friday May 6, 2022
Saturday May 7, 2022
Sunday May 8, 2022
Lynn's Comments: One morning, my young daughter, Katie, was tallying up all the things around her that were "hers." I was very happy to be one of them!
Monday May 9, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
Lynn's Comments: Becky is a character who stays through to the end. At the time, I didn't know that she and April would become friends for a lifetime.
Friday May 13, 2022
Saturday May 14, 2022
Sunday May 15, 2022
Lynn's Comments: We have always enjoyed going out to eat as a family. Getting there wasn’t always easy. When the kids were tiny, we would remove them from the restaurant as soon as they started to fuss. One of us would go out and stay in the car with the fuss-budget until there was calm. This meant many interruptions, leaving a meal to get cold, and sitting in a car with an unruly kid. Eventually, we were all able to go out—to any restaurant, anywhere—and know that our kids would not cause a scene or get too out of hand. Whenever we see families with disruptive kids causing everyone in a restaurant to clench their teeth, we know there is a solution to the problem. It takes a walk out to the car and a few minutes of downtime. It works!
Monday May 16, 2022
Lynn's Comments: This was a regular occurrence as the renovations continued on our house. Early morning was the worst time as the crew would show up before 8am, and we lived in the woods…which meant few curtains.
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Lynn's Comments: In the dental clinic, a kid would often cause a real row—crying and carrying on. If the mom went down the street to have a coffee, the kid would immediately settle down knowing that mom was out of earshot.
Saturday May 21, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
Saturday May 28, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Lynn's Comments: As it turned out, our Old English Sheepdog, Farley, had hip dysplasia—something that caused him a lot of pain in his later years.