Edna-sims, Part Thirty-five

1.  "Only a rat would leave a sinking ship."  She liked to say this to my husband when he would leave for work and leave Mom and me with my three pre-school kids.

2.  "Don't come crying to me."  I know this is a common phrase but I feel like I heard it so often in my childhood that it feels like one of Mom's inventions.  My dad said it a lot, too.

3.  "HOR-ROARS!"  This was a joking exclamation of horror, with the accent being on the second syllable.