A sign of just how much my wife knows and loves me:
Sitting in Sunday School, watching an R.C. Sproul video, Dr. Sproul explains that a “contradiction” (as in “A is not A”, and contrasted with “paradox” and “mystery”) is a non-sensical statement. “Nobody can understand a contradiction,” he says. “In fact, I’d go as far as to say that even God cannot understand a contradiction.” At this, I get a silly grin on my face and turn to my wife. She notices and turns towards me, sees my grin, and (reading my mind) acknowledges, “Yes, yes … Chuck Norris can understand a contradiction.”
I love Shannon Straffin.

John:  “I think parenting a teen girl is a game– if you both make it through, you win.”

I told Emily to brainstorm some ideas for her writing project.  She created a full-page mind map which looked completely normal until I noticed that the center circle contained “Um…”

“Here I am, pining for my lost youth…”
– Shannon, getting ready for the day, sighing at her reflection

“No worries, Honey! They’re downstairs eating breakfast.”
– John, being helpful and making his wife laugh

“I need to write that down somewhere: dah dah da-dah, dah da-dah, dah dah da-DAH, dah dah daah daah DAAH. Because every time I think about how it goes, I think: daah daah, da-da-da-DAAH dah, da-da-da-DAAH dah, da-da-da-daaah.”
– Amanda, explaining her tendency to confuse two popular movie themes (A gold star if you can figure out what themes she “sung”)