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Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: theres always

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: theres always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires. – Marcelene Cox

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No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent. – Marcelene Cox

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Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: theres the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in. – Marcelene Cox

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