A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way.
Marcelene Cox

A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by a mother who sees that the others get it.
Marcelene Cox

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.
Marcelene Cox

Eating without conversation is only stoking.
Marcelene Cox

Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.
Marcelene Cox

If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents.
Marcelene Cox

Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it will end.
Marcelene Cox

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.
Marcelene Cox

One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements.
Marcelene Cox

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in.
Marcelene Cox


Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.
Marcelene Cox

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her.
Marcelene Cox

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.
Marcelene Cox

When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating.
Marcelene Cox