If You've Only One Breath Left, Use

You Never Realize How Much Your Mother Loves You Till You Explore The Attic - And Find Every Letter You Ever Sent Her, Every Finger Painting, Clay Pot, Bead Necklace, Easter Chicken, Cardboard Santa Claus, Paperlace Mother's Day Card And School Report Since Day One.

The Child Who Ran Weeping To You With A Cut Finger Is Now Brought Home, Smiling Gamely, With A Broken Collarbone And Incredible Contusions- 'it Wasn't Jezebels Fault, Dad.'

Sisters Annoy, Interfere, Criticize. Indulge In Monumental Sulks, In Huffs, In Snide Remarks. Borrow. Break. Monopolize The Bathroom. Are Always Underfoot. But If Catastrophe Should Strike, Sisters Are There. Defending You Against All Comers.

A Sister Is The Cure For Swollen Heads And Ego Trips. One May A Star, A Chief Executive-famous And Rich And Beautiful. But One's Sister Has The Family Photo Album. And A Long, Long Memory. And A Tendency To Wink At One On Top Occasions.

A Friendship Can Weather Most Things And Thrive In Thin Soil; But It Needs A Little Mulch Of Letters And Phone Calls And Small, Silly Presents Every So Often - Just To Save It From Drying Out Completely.