by Gail Jackson

If young people would resolve at the moment of their marriage that from that time forth they would do everything in their power to please each other in things that are right, even to the sacrifice of their own pleasures, their own appetites, their own desires, the problem of adjustment in married life would take care of itself, and their home would indeed be happy.

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by Gail Jackson

I’m not sure how time goes faster the older you get but it does. It’s a fact. I’m sure of it. Isn’t it the end of the year again?—Already!

It’s fun to have the opportunity to write a column each month, and it’s a challenge to come up with things helpful or worthwhile. I hope I am able to reach this challenge often enough that reading Simply, Gail! is worth your time.

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by Gail Jackson

When our children were young and our parents were older, it became very hard to buy for them (the parents not the kids). They encouraged us to skip them at gift-giving time with declarations of “we don’t want anything,” “we don’t need anything,” “we have too much already.”

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by Gail Jackson

A name brand label does not automatically mean the product is superior. A brand name does indicate the company has a large and successful advertising budget.

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by Gail Jackson

Have you heard about the woman who always cut four inches off the end of a ham before she cooked it?

Finally, after puzzling over this for 25 years, her husband asked her why. “Because,” she said, “that is what my mother always did.”

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