Motherwise Cracks

Big Fish to Fry: Pam Anderson and Kid Rock Why: Assault on the meaning of “vow” for their 4 month “marriage” and for vicious substitution of a bikini bottom for a train on their wedding day. Served: An endless recording of the Scarecrow singing “If I Only Had a Brain” for the lack of wits [...]

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Mom and the two young women had some holiday gift returns to make. Mom had her receipt and the bag the item came in. The young women had nothing but the item itself. Mom went directly to the store she bought the item from. The young women went to a store they knew the item [...]

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Praise the heavens, it is time again for the cliché revival. Save us, oh wisdom of the ages. Preserve our wits as we watch as those around us blindly stumble through life when the path has already been clearly marked out. Remove the blinders from those as stubborn as mules and keep them from exposing [...]

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Every year, my girls get their aunts gifts. My favorite was the pair of earrings they bought my sister-in-law when visiting Canada. We drove to the little town and they shopped. As they are teenagers, I let them go to a few stores by themselves and we made plans to meet up later, a few [...]

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Not everyone wants to be in New York City’s Times Square. If you look at who’s there, they are all very young. There is a reason for that – only the young can handle being squished, shoved and cold with no place to go off for a quick bathroom break. Not so with the small [...]

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