Erma Bombeck

Erma Bombeck Understood Us!

Erma Bombeck was a delightfully funny writer, who identified with all of us who were trying to raise our families in the late 60's and early 70's. We were the wives and moms trying to figure out exactly what women's liberation meant. Liberated from what? Hadn't we always done as we were told and taken good care of our husbands and children? What was all this new talk about?

We clipped her columns, posted them to the front of the refrigerator, shared them with our friends and laughed -- and then laughed some more! In fact, I think one of Erma's best gifts was teaching us to laugh at ourselves, at our daily "crises".

Erma Bombeck Books

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Erma's books are a great gift for every woman on your list -- mother, daughter, aunt, cousin, sister, friend -- we all need a dose of Erma's wisdom and humor!

If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?

by: Erma Bombeck

Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 07/11/2009)

Erma Bombeck: Life in Hu

by: S Edwards, Susan Edwards, Bill Adler

Amazon Price: (as of 07/11/2009)

Erma Bombeck Boxed Set (Four Hilarious Best Sellers)

by: Erma Bombeck

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Breast Cancer? Let Me Check My Schedule!

by: Erma Bombeck

Amazon Price: $15.30 (as of 07/11/2009)

Eat Less Cottage Cheese And More Ice Cream Thoughts On Life From Erma Bombeck

by: Erma Bombeck

Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 07/11/2009)

Three reasons to love Erma Bombeck

Three reasons I loved Erma Bombeck:
1. She was painfully honest.
2. She was hilariously funny.
3. Even as she faced cancer, she shared her journey with us all, writing her wisdom, her humor and her pain.

Erma Bombeck at a Glance

Erma Louise Bombeck (February 21 1927 ? April 22, 1996), born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life humorously from the mid-1960s until the late '90s. Bombeck also published 15 books, most of which became best-sellers.

From 1965 to 1996, Erma Bombeck wrote over 4,000 newspaper columns chronicling the ordinary life of a midwestern suburban housewife with broad, and sometimes eloquent, humor. By the 1970s, her witty columns were read, twice weekly, by thirty million readers of 900 newspapers of the U.S. and...

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A few Erma quotes -- She knew how to say it!

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For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.
Erma Bombeck

Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it.
Erma Bombeck

God created man, but I could do better.
Erma Bombeck

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
Erma Bombeck

House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad.
Erma Bombeck

Housework, if you do it right, will kill you.
Erma Bombeck

How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
Erma Bombeck

Humorists can never start to take themselves seriously. It's literary suicide.
Erma Bombeck

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.
Erma Bombeck

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.
Erma Bombeck

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Erma Bombeck legacy

Good lesson for all of us!

(Written after she found out she was dying from cancer).

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.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.
I would have talked less and listened more.
I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.
I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.
I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.
I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.
I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.
I would have sat on the lawn! With my grass stains.
I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.
I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.
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.
When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, 'Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.' There would have been more 'I love you's'; more 'I'm sorry's.'
But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it... live it and never give it back. STOP SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!!!
Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what
Instead; let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us not those who HATE on us .

If I Had My Life to Live Over

My Own Personal Version - What Would Your Version Say?

If I had my life to live over, I would

Laugh more, worry less
Be more active in my community
Teach School
Have stayed my ideal weight - lol
Entertain at least once a month
Visit every state in the USA
Exercise in fun ways - like dancing more often!
Learn to play bridge, ride a horse, water ski, snow ski, play the piano or guitar, build web pages.

I reserve the right to continue to change this list! lol

Links to Erma Bombeck

Erma Bombeck Quotes: 80 quotes and quotations by Erma Bombeck
Erma Museum: This online museum celebrates Erma Bombeck's life.
Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop: The official Web site of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop -- the spot for humor and human interest writers -- sponsored by the University of Dayton