Finding the humor in life is a skill honed and presented by Shirley Nicholson in "Thoughts While Waiting in the Doctor's Office." In this collection of thirty-six essays and memoirs, Nicholson entertains by capturing the funny events in her life and through her observations. From puberty to dating, from marriage to honeymoons, from housework to pets, Nicholson writes about these events with warmth. She pokes fun of her tooth fairy stint, her klutziness, and her parenting skills. In "I Was a Teenage Car Thief ," she tells the story of inadvertently becoming a car thief when a salesman at her...

Finding the humor in life is a skill honed and presented by Shirley Nicholson in "Thoughts While Waiting in the Doctor's Office." In this collection of thirty-six essays and memoirs, Nicholson entertains by capturing the funny events in her life and through her observations.From puberty to dating, from marriage to honeymoons, from housework to pets, Nicholson writes about these events with warmth. She pokes fun of her tooth fairy stint, her klutziness, and her parenting skills.In "I Was a Teenage Car Thief!," she tells the story of inadvertently becoming a car thief when a salesman at her...