This is my mother- the original Wonder Woman. Not only did she and my father raise 5 children to (nearly finished!) adulthood, she has a bounteous garden, is working on finishing her degree, and pulls out the 5-inch-thick "Webster's Dictionary" whenever someone asks "What is a...?" She ALSO babysits Ernie every Friday night- now THAT is wonderful!
By the way, for those who don't know, a cockle is a noun:
| 1. | any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart-shaped, radially ribbed valves, esp. C. edule, the common edible species of Europe. |
| 2. | any of various allied or similar mollusks. |
| 4. | a wrinkle; pucker: a cockle in fabric. |
| 5. | a small, crisp candy of sugar and flour, bearing a motto. |
–verb (used without object) | 6. | to contract into wrinkles; pucker: This paper cockles easily. |
| 7. | to rise in short, irregular waves; ripple: The waves cockled along the shore. |
–verb (used with object) | 8. | to cause to wrinkle, pucker, or ripple: The wind cockled the water. |
—Idiom| 9. | cockles of one's heart, the depths of one's emotions or feelings: The happy family scene warmed the cockles of his heart. |
That's what the dictionary said!
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