Category: Family, Parents

OLD & NEW CONCERNS FOR THE BABY BOOMERThen: Long hair.Now: Longing for hair.Then: KegNow: EKG.Then: Acid rockNow: Acid reflux.Then: Moving to California because it’s cool.Now: Moving to California because it’s hot.Then: Watching John Glenn’s historic flight with your parents.Now: Watching John Glenn’s historic flight with your kids.Then: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth…

A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three year old girl in her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the child asked for cookies and her mother told her “no.” The little girl immediately began to whine and fuss, and the mother said quietly, “Now Ellen, we just have half…

Four Catholic ladies were having coffee. The first Catholic woman tells her friends “My son is a priest. When he walks into a room, everyone calls him “Father.” The second Catholic woman chirps, “My son is a bishop. Whenever he walks into a room, people call him, “Your Grace.” The third Catholic mother says, “My…

The scene was a tiny mountain village in a remote section of West Virginia. An old mountaineer and his young wife were getting a divorce in the local court. But custody of the children was a problem.The mother jumped to her feet and protested to the judge that since she had brought the children into…

Four expectant fathers were in a Minneapolis hospital waiting room while their wives were in labor. The nurse arrived and proudly announced to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!” “What a coincidence! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball team!” Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the…

Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly Mother.The first said, “I built a big house for our Mother.” The second said, “I sent her a Mercedes with a driver.” The third smiled and said, “I’ve got you…

Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother. The first said, “I built a big house for our mother.” The second said, “I sent her a Mercedes.” The third smiled and said, “I’ve got you both beat.…

The family wheeled Grandma out on the lawn, in her wheelchair, where the activities for her 100th birthday were taking place. Grandma couldn’t speak very well, but she could write notes when she needed to communicate. After a short time out on the lawn, Grandma started leaning off to the right, so some family members…

A seven year old boy goes to the hospital with his grandmother to visit his grandfather. When they arrive there he runs ahead of his granny and bursts into his grandpa’s room. “Grandpa, as soon as Grandma comes into the room, make a noise like a frog,” he shouted. “What for?” asked his grandpa. “Grandma…

A gentleman, fresh out of gift ideas, bought his mother-in- law a large plot in an expensive cemetery. On her next birthday, he bought her nothing.She was quick to comment, loud and long, on his thoughtlessness. The gentleman said only one thing – “Well, you haven’t used the gift I gave you last year.”