For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for May 05, 2023

I’m not sure if I remember. He has a bad home life?

Aw, I am melted. Forgot this.

A hug from a great gal is always welcome.

He still is a young kid after all.

Don’t we all?

My son had a friend when he was about 12. The friends homelike wasn’t physically abusive, it’s just that his mother and father favored his sisters and paid absolutely no attention to him. He went everywhere with us, vacations, everywhere. This lasted until they moved 3 years later. I hope I and our family left him with some good memories. Sometimes that’s all you can do. He was such a sweet boy.

You never outgrow the need for a maternal hug. It doesn’t have to be your mom.

Awwww, bless his heart.

Notice how much kinder Elly is to other people’s kids than to her own.

I wonder if her “redecorating” includes buying new (and expensive) glassware, china, cutlery, and cookware. Some people want more than to just "keep up with the Jones’ "—they want to surpass them!!

Gordon, I think you’ve just been adopted!

That brought tears to my eyes and I’m a 76 year old bloke from Australia.

That was really neat of Elly – the things she brought for Gordon and esp the hug. 8)

I suppose towels and kettles might be welcoming but no baked casseroles, fried chicken legs or home baked cookies? That’s what my mom brought as a house warming for my first teen college apartment.

Looks like Gordon has already been busy and hard at work. Gord has already painted the walls of his room from that sickening yellow color to a nice friendly gray color. Or is it a chocolate brown color. Hard to tell. Maybe the paint is from an active self changing billboard?

Aww, it doesn’t matter how old you are, everyone needs a hug especially in these days. This melted my heart for Gordon.

Best one in ages.

When you’re newly out on your own for the first time, any decent stuff you can get for free is a godsend…

Awww.

Very tender.

Great one , Lynn.

The world’s greatest invention and it doesn’t cost a penny!!!!!!

aw

My family never hugged, so it took me some time to get used to it. So, I say to the final panel…bravo!

You’re never too old for a hug.

Hugs all around! Simply the best communication of love in my book.

Sweet

This is really sweet. A simple hug can really be the nicest thing you can ever say.

Awwww!

Awww – so sweet.

Gordon is way out and ahead of his friends… And they always considered him sort of the ‘loser’ in the group.

We ALL need all of these we can get.

tearing up over my morning coffee

Sometimes, no matter how brave you are, the very fact that you’re being brave means that it’s hard.

That’s so sweet

Aww!

As a father and now a grandfather, I can attest to the fact that a hug converts all the small discontents into the essence of pleasance.

The Pattersons just won themselves six months free car repair

Elly gets it. She realizes that A Simple Act of Caring Creates An Endless Ripple. Gordon will be part of that ripple that passes it on when he can.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRf6wAR-eEY

The Elly naysayers must be feeling proud of themselves right about now.

This made realize (again) that I will never have a hug from my mother ever again….July will be a year.

My mom passed in 2013, but she had Alzheimer’s and while we were able to keep her at home she was completely gone mentally for many years before that. My how I miss those hugs…

What a warm, sweet exchange.

I think Elly is the second mom to all of Mike’s friends .

Sure Gord, call her if you want to get nagged or made to feel worthless!

Most important thing……

People like Gordon help hold the world together. A good soul.

Today is Cinco de Mayo, so her name is El “E” Patterson! :P

One declares independence while the other stays part of the mother country?

Gordon is America and Michael is Canada!

My mother has been gone for several years now. I miss and her hugs. Luckily for me, I now live in Mexico where giving hugs is a common way to say hello to friends and family, no matter their age!

Never get too old for a hug.

Awwww

Makes my heart smile.

what’s a friend’s mother for?

“Sniff” :’))

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️