For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 11, 2021

well, that’s one way, but is it the right way?

That very mature and lady like.

Well it’s something

I must have lived a strange or sheltered life with my two younger sisters. After we got older and my parents moved to a larger house where I had my room and the two of them had their room we still fought/teased/hassled each other about the same, but I had no interest in going into or digging through stuff in their room, and as far as I know they never came upstairs and messed with my stuff with or without me present. The one time one of them damaged something in my room I was present and the accident was partially my fault. I was new to model assembly and did not know that wheeled vehicles needed to not have the wheels free-rolling when just set on a flat surface like a dresser. The Model A got bumped and went for a drive, right off the end of the dresser.

She’s becoming a woman but she’s no lady!

When I was a kid, my brother was in the Service. Still remember he and Dad arguing. He wanted to go into the Navy because he didn’t want to dig foxholes in the Army. He was draft bait. I finally opened my bedroom door and my comment was "Why don’t you let him do what he wants to do? It’s his life. Stopped the argument and he joined the Navy.

It’s a tough transition..

A girl starting puberty isn’t exactly a woman yet.

“Slime Butt”? Well she obviously doesn’t mean me.

subtle!

“As a woman”…. great job, Nizzy /eyeroll/

The transitional stage between child and adult can be very fuzzy. But Michael seems to be taking it to heart so it’s working!

Some things never change. My brother is 76 and I’m 68. At times, we still argue like we did when we were kids. The only difference is we no longer have Dad to referee. Now, instead of having his animals to care for, I have to care for him. Raising his animals – everything from rabbits and chickens to cows and horses – was easy by comparison.

Subtlety almost beyond comprehension.

Too subtle.

More pearls of wisdom from Ms G-T-S.

There is definite clarity in that message……

Those are the only words he will understand.

I used to have a sign on my bedroom door that read “Enter at your own risk, a teenager lives here”. It was done in psychedelic colors and font and almost unreadable. LOL! I thought it was great and it stayed there for about 3 years.

When my older brother & I were growing up, in the 70s, our biggest fight was the TV (1 TV ) He wanted to watch "The Odd Couple " I wanted to watch "The Brady Bunch " To this day he still teases me about it! ( I’ve learned “Odd Couple” is MUCH funnier!

Sometimes you need to speak to people in language they will understand …

I am woman, hear me roar! Stand tall Liz!

Atta girl!

All grown up…