Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.

Quote by Marcelene Cox

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If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents

If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents

A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by a...

A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by a...

Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it will end.

Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it will end.

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the...

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the...

If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents.

If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents.

Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.

Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower...

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower...

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to...

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to...

A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster...

A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster...

Eating without conversation is only stoking.

Eating without conversation is only stoking.

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her.

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her.

When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it...

When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it...

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something...

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something...

One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower...

One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower...

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred...

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred...

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower...

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower...

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind?...

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind?...