Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 09, 2019

Mothers have a way of keeping things in perspective.

She’s right. Most nice things can be replaced, but nice people can’t!

Amen to that, Calvin’s mother.

Sleep tight, mamma.

They keep changing their positions…

It’s only when we go through the difficult times that we realize what is important.

These are older reprints, right? Why don’t they have separate beds like Lucy and Ricky?

Lovely sentiments for an upscale standard suburban family, but Not completely true. You lost your false sense of security. You aren’t protected all the time. Next time, the burglars could break in while you’re at home. Plan for dangers like this and be ready to react and to protect your family. Live for the best, but plan for the worst.

Was this supposed to seem emotial in 1989

Be careful or you’ll make another Calvin.

Sleep well!!

There is a basic truth in today’s strip.

Mom’s right. Sometimes it takes some hardships to remind us of that.

Sometimes realization of what is truly valuable is the best outcome of unhappy events

Rough night. Sometimes you sleep tight. Sometimes you sleep light.

and now we’re back to the original side of the bed

At least the burglar did steal Calvin? Good thing they were gone?

Awww :-)

It does feel like people care about belongings most of the time. People need to open up their eyes.

The problem lies in the way people gauge Human value based on all the things we own instead of the quality of our character.

Things do matter. Have you seen my comic book collection?

Since disasters have been mentioned, I want to share a recommendation. It’s called The 15 Minute List. Make a list of what you must take with you if you’re given 15 minutes to evacuate. I talked to a retired couple who had to evacuate and forgot the husband’s vitally important medications plus other things like insurance papers. They were lucky as the disaster missed them but their blunder haunted them for years. The list should be on paper and everyone should know where it is because in a crisis, it’s hard to think and it’s good to look at a list. Also, if you don’t happen to all be at home, where will you meet? All the things like that for peace of mind. So many disasters are not a case of If but When. Okay, return to the comic.

Words of wisdom!

Years ago a group of us were on an overnight work project downtown. When we went to our car just before dawn it looked like it had snowed overnight, but it was the glass from all but one window in the car broken out. Someone hadn’t liked the way we were parked. I looked over my shoulder the whole way home, just sure that the vandal was following us. Sense of security: GONE.

Is this the longest with no calvin or hobbes …. 4 days and counting…

An important observation in this time of increasingly deadly weather and increasingly random mass killings.

Happened to my family twice. Total violation.