9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for June 30, 2016

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Edda: When amos came to tell you we were engaged, did you feel he'd done the proper thing? Woman: of course, I have to confess, I secretly began to plan your wedding: church, white dress, candles, bells, flowers, smiling priest... Woman: ..trimmings beyond compare. but my little girl took her own road, sleeping in amos' arms, smiling, happy, relieved of her maidenhood...sullied, defiled, profaned... edda: Um...mom, we're talking about amos. my heart's only desire. woman: did I happen to mention that if he so much as infects you with a cold, i'll kill him? Edda: Yes. That was a sub paragraph in the text of your blessing. eh was in a fetal position for three days.