Monthly Archives: September 2017
Saturday September 2, 2017
Lynn's Comments: Creating storylines for the strip allowed me to go back and forth between child and grownup. As Elly, I would live in the moment; talk about the day-to-day things a mom might deal with. As Michael, entering junior high school, I would become a teenager again. It doesn't take much to open up those difficult, exciting, passionate, and intensely private times. Try it. Take yourself back to grade 8 and see how much you remember. When adults dismiss teenagers as being "just kids," we are forgetting how brilliant, aware, creative and fragile we were.
Sunday September 3, 2017
Lynn's Comments: When my daughter reads this now, she'll laugh out loud–she and I can spend a full day in a good mall and wish we had more time!
Monday September 4, 2017
Lynn's Comments: So many people wrote to say this had happened to them, I had to make up a "standard reply!"
Tuesday September 5, 2017
Wednesday September 6, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I often used to start big projects after dinner when the kids were in bed and the house was quiet. The trouble with this was that I couldn’t stop when I was tired–I was always determined to finish the job…which might be 3:00am.
Thursday September 7, 2017
Lynn's Comments: The walls ARE often crooked. This is why stripes and squares have to be carefully measured and cut. Just call a professional.
Friday September 8, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I eventually learned some of the tricks of the trade…but by then, I’d messed up a lot of walls.
Saturday September 9, 2017
Sunday September 10, 2017
Lynn's Comments: This was a true to life scenario. I did exactly what you see here, and the only good it did was…to give me a good Sunday comic strip.
Monday September 11, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I did this. I had become somewhat good at wallpapering and offered to do my mother-in-law’s kitchen. She chose a Lily of the Valley pattern, and it wasn’t until I’d finished the entire room that she noticed the blossoms were upside down!
Tuesday September 12, 2017
Lynn's Comments: When I wrote about the children in the strip, I tried to create situations that were very obviously not about my own children. Nonetheless, Aaron had to explain over and over that Martha didn't exist! He even got a letter from a Martha, wondering if she was "the one."
Wednesday September 13, 2017
Thursday September 14, 2017
Friday September 15, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I imagined that the boys gossiped as much and as cruelly as the girls did. I might have been right.
Saturday September 16, 2017
Sunday September 17, 2017
Monday September 18, 2017
Tuesday September 19, 2017
Lynn's Comments: This is from my childhood. I used to lean on my mom when she was cooking and annoy my dad when he was reading the paper, and at the time, I didn't know why. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized I was looking for affection. It’s not always easy or convenient to stop what you're doing and hug your kids, but when I was a young mom, I tried.
Wednesday September 20, 2017
Thursday September 21, 2017
Friday September 22, 2017
Saturday September 23, 2017
Sunday September 24, 2017
Monday September 25, 2017
Tuesday September 26, 2017
Wednesday September 27, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I wrote a love letter to a boy in grade 8, and later, I saw him showing it to his friends. They were standing by the goalpost on the field laughing. I thought I would die.
Thursday September 28, 2017
Friday September 29, 2017
Saturday September 30, 2017
