Thanks for Sharing, Mom!
December 3rd, 2010
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The holidays are a time for sharing, and some of the greatest sharers on the planet are mothers!
We all have special little nuggets of mom-wisdom that our own moms shared with us. Some bring us warm smiles as we lovingly pass them along to our own children, while others are accompanied with the unexpectedly surprising realization, “OMG, I’ve become my mother!”
While I was perusing a huge stack of Holiday catalogs with my own mom over the Thanksgiving weekend, we both got a chuckle as I read from the list below, as it appeared on a plaque in a catalog called What On Earth. I’m guessing you will recognize a few of the tidbits (or some variations thereof) of mom-genius it provides!
Things Our Mothers Taught Us
- My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.“If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.”
- My mother taught me RELIGION.“You better pray that will come out of the carpet.”
- My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.“If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!”
- My mother taught me LOGIC.“Because I said so, that’s why.”
- My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.“If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the store with me.”
- My mother taught me FORESIGHT.“Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.”
- My mother taught me IRONY.“Keep crying, and I’ll give you something to cry about.”
- My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.“Shut your mouth and eat your supper.”
- My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.“Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!”
- My mother taught me about STAMINA.“You’ll sit there until all that spinach is gone.”
- My mother taught me about WEATHER.“This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.”
- My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.“Just wait till we get home.”
- My mother taught me about RECEIVING.“You are going to get it when you get home!”
- My mother taught me about MEDICAL SCIENCE.“If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they are going to stick that way.”
- My mother taught me about ESP.“Put your sweater on; don’t you think I know when you are cold?”
- My mother taught me HUMOR.“When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.”
- My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.“If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.”
- My mother taught me GENETICS.“You’re just like your father.”
- My mother taught me about my ROOTS.“Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?”
- My mother taught me WISDOM.“When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.”
- And my favorite: my mother taught me about JUSTICE.“One day you’ll have kids and I hope they turn out just like you!”
Categories: Inspirations for Me, Life's Joys
