Lynn's Comments: Not wanting the family to settle into a comfortable routine, I decided to introduce the "helpful" relative who shows up to make life easier and winds up making everything a whole lot worse!
April: Browse The Strips
Saturday May 2, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Aunt Fiona is loosely based on someone I know.
Wednesday May 6, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Making Fiona a heavy smoker, gave me an outlet to rant against smoking.
Sunday May 10, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I had the opportunity to put in a name that wouldn’t be linked to a featured character in the strip. Cecily Beard is a dear friend and at the time we had lost touch. By putting her name in the strip, I was able to connect with her after almost 30 years. We met at the airport, arms around each other, crying and laughing and saying "you haven’t changed at all!"
Sunday May 24, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
Friday May 29, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I was expected to do a comic strip that would expose the realities of family life. "Tell it like it is" from a woman's point of view. Sometimes the truth hurts.
Monday June 1, 2020
Lynn's Comments: The Jolly Jumper and wind up swing saved my bacon!
Tuesday June 2, 2020
Wednesday June 3, 2020
Lynn's Comments: With computers today, this just might work. The operative word is "might." Folks who don't have kids or whose kids are grown and gone have no idea (or have forgotten) how much time a baby takes!
Friday June 5, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I adored my young children, but there were times I was so desperate for adult company that a trip to the grocery store, alone, was like a holiday!
Saturday June 6, 2020
Lynn's Comments: My kids never babysat for each other, but babysitters were a lifeline for us. We had some wonderful, trustworthy sitters to whom I owed my sanity—a few I’ve even stayed in touch with! A good babysitter really does become part of the family.
Sunday June 7, 2020
Monday June 8, 2020
Tuesday June 9, 2020
Lynn's Comments: The one time my son babysat a toddler, I was on call. I did the feeding and the changing...and he got the dough!
Wednesday June 10, 2020
Saturday June 13, 2020
Monday June 15, 2020
Lynn's Comments: It's a good thing babies are so cute. Yes...it's a very good thing.
Tuesday June 16, 2020
Lynn's Comments: I have gone out to a public gathering with baby barf on my back. Thank goodness for the kindness of other moms who have keen eyes and wet wipes!
Wednesday June 17, 2020
Lynn's Comments: Nowadays, folks "talk to themselves" all the time. It's no big deal to see someone prattling away to an invisible companion as they drive or walk or sit in a coffee shop.
Thursday June 18, 2020
Friday June 19, 2020
Sunday June 21, 2020
Thursday June 25, 2020
Lynn's Comments: My son never did go alone to work on the family farm...we all went!
Friday June 26, 2020
Sunday July 5, 2020
Wednesday July 8, 2020
Lynn's Comments: This is true. Most of the kids on the Manitoba farms could drive the farm machinery just as well as any adult by the time they were 15.
Sunday July 12, 2020
