What is an elephant in the room when dealing with aging parents?
People think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it. - Marsha Norman

Close Your Eyes, It'll Go Away

The subject is "time". Memorialize it on a bumper sticker.
Take your time - but hurry. - Wyatt Earp when asked how to win a gunfight.

Tick Tock, Tick Tock

When was the moment you thought this trip would be interesting?
Never play peekaboo with a child on a long plane trip. There's no end to the game. Finally, I grabbed him by the bib and said, "Look, it's always gonna be me!" - Rita Rudner

When Engine #1 Belched Fire

What did you hope to get, didn't get it, and realized later you're glad you didn't get it?
I love being wrong because sometimes it shows you didn't know enough and you learn new techniques. - Michelle McNamara, Gone in the Dark

No Harm, No Foul

The goalposts are always being moved. What is your headline and lede to get the readers' attention?
Our guest of honor is living proof that having a goal, a dream, and struggling hard to attain it don't always work. - Unknown

It Was Here a Minute Ago

Complete this sentence: "If you've done your job as a parent..."
I am not in the business of telling people what to decide, but in helping people how to decide. - Annie Duke

It's Not Over Until They Say It's Over

What did you read (and its source) that makes sense to you?
The reader will take from my book what he can bring to it. The dull witted will get dullness and the brilliant may find things in my book I didn’t know were there. – John Steinbeck

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