But with the first warm days, the mother declares war on bedbugs.
Imagine, then, how I felt when her mother declared herself in love with me.
"You look beautiful," their mother declared, coming over to kiss Olivia on the cheek.
His mother declared that he gave her more trouble than all the other children put together.
Everything about this baby, the 16-year-old mother declared, is perfect.
The problem with John, both mother and daughter declare, is that he's smug.
"Maybe it's the only way your mother the Marshall can declare her love."
"I just want to know where you are at all times," her mother declared.
As they trudged up to the fifth floor, her mother declared she would never come to visit.
It was something her mother had always declared to be a fact, and suddenly Lucy saw the truth of it.