Family Matters

Oh jeez, I thought I replied to this days ago, :(. Thank you for replying, and I too hope you get your "son" soon.

Kaylynn Sabik

Oh man, I kinda thought the same thing, though I'm hoping for 'son.' I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that, and I hope you get your 'little girl' soon.

Ian McDonald

I love how supportive Claire's mom is, however, that first panel hit me right in the dysphoria feels...("Little girl" miiight be what i've wanted to hear my mom say to me my entire life...i'm kinda 23yrs old and 6'2"...I don't expect that I'm ever going to hear it)

Kaylynn Sabik

Aww I hope not. I hope she has a day or two to come down.

Kuragari

Who wants to bet that Claire's exam is, like, tomorrow and she will still be out of it?

PBManning

I will never get tired of Tai squeaking, it's the best.

Everett Bradshaw

Well... Claire and Clinton no longer live in her house, so that must go a long way to it

sjlxndr

Claire's Mom is how parents seem to their (even adult) kids. We have necessary blind spots all over our parents. Veronica is more 3D, but still acts as a moving background. Her "She's being brave, you twit!" was a sudden sign of reality. I hope we see more of the person and not just her resumé. Similarly, Claire's Mom may get a first name (does she and I missed it?). We may see echoes of her marriage. She might even get upset about something. Or... we could see how Faye and Bubbles are negotiating their very difficult personal lives. (I want Truman Show level coverage of Faybles .... I suspect that this is unhealthy.)

Matt Grayson

Hmmph. Saintly Madonna, wholly fulfilled by motherhood? I've never seen one of those. In my personal and vicarious experience, parenthood widens and deepens anxiety to the exact degree to which it does joy. It is like having your heart outside your body wandering around having adventures and getting hurt. It makes you more, not better. It is one more thing you have to manage. I wonder how she manages.

It's simple: Her blessings (Claire and Clinton) are enough to raise her above her trials and troubles. She also has Chad, of course, who I suspect has taken twenty years off of her age!

Ben Russell-Gough

I wonder what is going on inside this mother. By all accounts she has seen some shit, and she bears no apparent scars. That is uncommon. It is apparent how her children manage fear and anxiety. How does she, I wonder? Marijuana and cute young sweeties won't do it all.

High Claire is cute. High Tai is cute. Claire and Tai are cute. THEY ARE ALL CUTE. NOW THEY ARE HUGGING FUCK YOU JEPH TOO CUTE

Stoodmuffin

Damn you, Jeph! How am I meant to maintain my callous, cynical exterior when you draw panels like panel 4? Seriously, I'm wondering now if we're going to have something really compromising happen because all emotional limits are off. You know the sort of thing that you are never sure if it really happened and you're afraid to ask because you rather are hoping that it was just a hallucination whilst under the influence.

Ben Russell-Gough

Tai is soooo cute, her "squeak" is everything!

Denise Webber

REDHEADHUG!

Bagge

mums who accept their trans children without exception make my heart sing <3

JD

Ahhh man it's so cute!

Kyle Jenkins

If this was Dumbing of Age I'd be getting ready for something terrible to happen right now.

Jeremy J Nickurak

Claire's bloodshot eyes are closed in every panel

It's a squeaking good time

Kyle Major

Claire rising. (Starts on the floor, then low-hug against mom, medium-hug, fully standing group hug.) Jeph stretching his pose muscles again. I like it.

Jason Zions

Tai sammich.

BobC

You are not high. Let's play my favorite game - see if Jeph reads the comments.

Buck Caldwell

Tai squeaking just makes this. :3

TwoRavens

Awesome comic! Am I high, or did Claire’s top change colour in Panel 2?

Haunted Hermit

Aww, cuddle high is best high

JPMK! {verb}

Family fluff is good fluff! =D

Lord Crusade

#WHOLESOME!

Elf Sternberg

Welp, I need to check for cavities, now

Grace Kieser