Marcelene Cox

Parents are 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. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#business

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#arranger #bouquet #children #desires #determined

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

— Marcelene Cox

#her #know #quickest #quickest way #shopping

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. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#children #glory #grandeur #just #leaves

When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#does #done #goes #household #how

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

— Marcelene Cox

#end #first #how #life #person

Eating without conversation is only stoking. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#conversation #eating #only #without

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

— Marcelene Cox

#blame #first #if at first #parents #succeed

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#aunt #await #children #come #district

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#around #beans #garden #green #how