The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.

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""If you had to identify in one word the reason why the human race has not achieved and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’""

- Dave Barry

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"If you had to identify in one word the reason why the human race has not achieved and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'"

- Dave Barry

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- Anne Lamott

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"Tuesdays are for chasing rainbows and dancing in the rain."

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"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness."

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"Taste and see how good the Lord is! The one who takes refuge in him is truly happy!"

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- W. C. Jones

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