For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for January 02, 2025

It’s a fact of life: children growing up=parents growing old! But I’ll bet that everyone—parents and offspring alike—are glad when the teen “angst” years are over.

Elizabeth’s hair and glasses look pretty normal to me. Her splayed hands and stubby arms are another story. If she hated them, then that would be very sensible.

The place seemed so clean and empty when the last one left.

It works both ways. Only at different periods of time. They have no idea how much they will miss her when Elly is gone.

What is her problem this time?!

No, she’s just your mother.

She’s just imbracing the normal abnormalcy Elizabeth’s teen years will bring

It’s okay, Elizabeth. Mom loves you.

“I” before “E” except after “C” or when sounding like “A” as in “neighbor” or “sleigh.” But there’s one exception to this rule, and that’s weird.

The well-placed complaint can work wonders.

This one hits so close to home! My kiddos are leaving the nest, slowly, one by one. Gotta say, not a fan. I see my oldest daughter only twice a year because she’s in graduate school on the other side of the country.

New Year, same old teenage girl hormones.

Gee Cru-Elly, are you suddenly regretting all the ways you mistreated Mike? Screaming at him over his disorganized room, exiling him to your in-laws’ farm to sabotage his love life? Grounding him over Gordon’s joyride in your new car? Dumping responsibility for baby April on him so you could eat out with John?

It was not easy to lose Rhetta. Michael felt low as the Canada dollar.

This is hitting me in quite a tender spot today.

And soon it will be “Elizabeth’s moods are driving us all crazy!”

Not really, Liz, you are just totally young yet.

Sometimes they last for a lifetime.

Well, I’ve been ‘fraid of changin’‘Cause I’ve built my life around youBut time makes you bolderEven children get olderAnd I’m gettin’ older, too

Some day, she will get it.

Shut up and savor the moment.

I used to say “I hate this place!” at work at least twice a day. But no one ever hugged me!

Be thankful Lizzy, be very thankful

Yep, you’re right kid, she’s totally weird ! ;-)