For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 28, 2022

Astounding. That’s what the A stands for.

Todays strip cudda been me and my own mom! Thankyou, Lynn!

Thanks all we need.

Praise form mamma is always a joyous occasion

Yes, I heard more from my aunt and uncle on my Dad’s side that I heard from my parents ! ! !

Is granny really a teacher in anatomy? In the second panel she really can tell beautiful children apart from ugly looking children, yet in panel 3 she doesn’t know what a neck or a chin is!

One of the nicest compliments I received concerning raising our kids: Our church had put out a bunch of books that people could take for free. I had picked up a book on parenting. An older woman from our church looked at me with that book & said, “You and your husband could WRITE a book on that.”

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My 3 children have done a remarkable job of raising their children and believe me it was not because of me but totally in spite of me.

Well done : )

This comic strip was wish fulfillment for Lynn Johnston who has revealed in her autobiographies that she never felt as though her mother gave her that A. At this point, her mother had been passed 4 years prior, but you can still see the author working through it whenever Grandma Marian appears in the comic strip.

We can wait a lifetime and never get kinder words

Quietly waiting for the snarkerators to come up with a snarky comment on this one.

Yup. Best teacher in town.

Happy tears taste so good.

Grandma’s…. cherish them while they are here.

I slipped on ice getting into the house for Christmas Eve dinner and my adult child was there at the door for no particular reason as far as I knew, but she managed to catch me and keep me from falling without harming either of us. She did this with a broken toe, and it wasn’t her house or mine. I would have either landed on my face since I had things in my hands or ended up in the hospital getting my knees finally replaced. The parental generation has been passed on in our family. I wonder if she remembers my mom’s famous line? “Always walk your guests to the door when they leave so you are sure they really left.”

A very saintly European grandma who came over once every three years or so and was delightful to be around.

Outlived an old grump of a husband by at least 25 years.

That’s a special compliment from anyone, one of the best a parent can receive.

Hard to get from some parents.

Well, Elly had a good teacher!

My daughter’s children are a d ream!

The best compliment ever- – from your own mother.

How could they afford a good Christmas this year? What did they do; send Farley to the dog fights?

OH!! GOOD ONE!!

That would be a good strip to show Elly’s parents in an earlier time, such as the 1960s…

April: “Mom, what was it like for you when they landed on the Moon?”

Flashback to Elly’s childhood home; 1969

Neil Armstrong{voiceover from TV}: “That is one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.”

Jim{wipes away single tear and applauds}: Bravo Zulu!

Strip reveals Jim was only member of the family watching historic event. Phil is reclining in a bean bag chair wearing headphones

Phil{singing to himself}: “Yummy yummy I got love in my tummy!”

Marian: “Oh sure Jim, sit on your lazy butt watching our Southern neighbors put their flag on some hunk of rock in space! Ever wonder what that does to put food on the table? Of course not! I slave in the kitchen and in this home while you and the kids do nothing!”

Elly is then seen in her room; smoking a bong