Not me. [citation needed]. font-style: normal; .woocommerce-account .woocommerce .woocommerce-MyAccount-content .billing-title, A Father needs strong shoulders to pull a sled, to balance a boy on a bicycle, or to hold a sleepy head on the way home from the circus.". Never one to shy away from a hilarious mistake or a teachable moment gone hysterically awry, Erma thrived on sharing the insanity of everyday life at a still-politically-correct time when married Rob and Laura Petrie slept in separate beds on The Dick Van Dyke Show. IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck Just puts on a purple hat and goes out to have fun with the world. The Red Hat Society. .comment-respond .comment-reply-title, background: none !important; IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck. ~ Erma Bombeck. Basic Advice for Your Holiday Preparations, On Becoming Me in this Powerful Play of Life, What I Learned At The Erma Bombeck Humor Writers Conference, Time for Books | Fortune is in the Failure. I also remember a poem about wearing a purple hat when you get old(er)and it was funny. purple poem. I would have talked less and listened more. ~ Erma Bombeck. I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day. Available in Hardcover, Paperback, and Kindle eBooks: Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle. She died of complications from her kidney transplant. border: none !important; town of warsaw, nc water department. img.wp-smiley, Posted by: As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. unicode-range: U+0600-06FF, U+200C-200E, U+2010-2011, U+204F, U+2E41, U+FB50-FDFF, U+FE80-FEFC; By Bina Yajnik. "He was such a wonderful man,. In 1949 she also became a Catholic and married Bill Bombeck, a fellow student and a veteran of World War II and the Korean front. | Privacy Policy .woocommerce .shop-toolbar .filters.active, "Please take time to donate what you can" This comment has been removed by the author. As a Later Bloomer, I love Warning as anode to nonconformityand admire this woman who quietly created art while holding down various jobs, from running a pub to lecturing in English literature. (You can use HTML tags like and