Family mottos, like the family silver, are most commonly associated with the rich and those that try to ape them. But if a family motto is no more than the parents establishing its own slogan, its own moral banner, why should we not have them too?
So we have one. It's not in Latin and it has not found a home on a wall in our house, but Havana can recite it on command. It's short, as mottos should be and, we hope, pointed. However, just as I was helping Havana recite it, she broke out into a parallel family motto. Aparently Karen has also already established a motto with Havana. One sounds very similar to the other and each was born unaware of its motto-dopple.
So, after a half dozen recitations of "No one likes a boss," Havana broke out into Karen's family motto, the appropriate, "nobody likes a Princess."
So there you go. Two social systems for one. Capitalism and feudalism. We have them covered.
Monday, September 04, 2006
The terrible draw of the Chupee-pacifier-sucker
"that looks good - what is it?"
"and where can I get one?"
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