working at blue-collar jobs or white-collar jobs at the lowest level, which do not seem to last long as management has no tolerance for his lackadaisical attitude. Marylou, her youngest, has frequent relationship problems, particularly with her mother. She has a thing for losers, outcasts, and men who have yet to divorce their wives — the very types of men Momma loathes. A source of agony for Sonya is seeing other women's daughters get married off to successful, well-heeled men, which mirrors how Sonya has to listen to other women boast of how their sons are so successful whereas Francis is either unemployed or employed in a menial job. Sometimes Sonya has nagged Marylou to get a job, albeit not the extent she has done with Francis. When Marylou said she considered nursing school in one strip, Sonya saw it not as a career, but a way for her daughter to be in a better position to snag a doctor for a husband. While Momma constantly tries to make her children feel insignificant without her, they consider her to be an emotional burden. Still, they love her in their own way as she loves them in turn. Other recurring characters in the strip include Mr. K, a bald senior citizen who attempts to court Sonya, but whom she cannot bear the thought of remarriage. Her best friend is Mrs. Grimhaus, a woman with similar child concerns. Unlike Sonya, however, she has been married several times, all ending due to divorce or death. Normy is Francis' best friend, who has a similar outlook to Francis on life and work. Some strips show Normy's family, who relationship with his own mother is even more strained than that of Francis and Sonya. Lesser parts of the strip show a flashback where Francis, Normy, and Thomas had all been ordered to serve an enlistment in the United States Army, and the trio sometimes reflects back on their service, joking how it was easier to handle than the trouble with their mothers. During the course of the strip, Momma has a variety of dream sequences, which include a homeless Francis holding a cup for donations. Other dream sequences include her late husband Jerome and herself at the gates of Heaven, awaiting entrance. Sometimes Jerome appears as an angel in a case where Sonya does not know what to do about her children or another problem