In honor of Mothers Day....

tiggerhammon
tiggerhammon Posts: 2,211 Member
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Please post one thing, (or 2 or 3 if you'd really like) that you are so glad your mother taught you ...

For me, it would be to value life! She always said you never know how long you will be here. ( She died at 32!)
I will love my mother forever and wish she were here today.

What is a the one thing you are so glad your mother taught you?

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  • smithntuck
    smithntuck Posts: 113 Member
    How to be independant. She was single for the majority of my childhood. When we left my stepfather in the middle of the night, heading for a women's shelter, she had 4 kids, no job, no license, and only a high school education. By the time I was in high school, she had built a house, went back to school, and had a great job. From this I learned that having a significant other is not a necessity to survive, and that you must be self sufficient on your own so that you can ADD to any relationship, which is what your S/O should also do, add to your life.
  • SassyCalyGirl
    SassyCalyGirl Posts: 1,932 Member
    <---pic of my mom (no longer alive) but always with me. She taught me compassion!
  • angelcurry130
    angelcurry130 Posts: 265 Member
    i'm glad she taught me that even if i can't hear the answer right away, prayer will ease any difficulty. :)
  • Morninglory81
    Morninglory81 Posts: 1,190 Member
    If it is worth having it is worth the work it takes to get it!
  • My0WNinspiration
    My0WNinspiration Posts: 1,146 Member
    Never depend on anyone but yourself.
  • DalekBrittany
    DalekBrittany Posts: 1,748 Member
    Take what other people say with a grain of salt, always do your research.

    Along with that, form your own opinions based on your own research.

    Don't ever feel like you need a man to survive, and don't let love blind you. My mom has been married to my dad 20 years now. But when she was 17, she was "in love" with a guy in her hometown in Texas. Long story short, she got pregnant with my sister by him. He vanished to his parents' house in Miami. Then he called and told her he was sorry, he wanted her to come be a family. So she packed up her stuff and her 6 month old and drove to Miami, and when she got there he said, "Can I borrow the car? I have a date." :noway: So she has always preached that sometimes, you have to learn the hard way that some things just don't work out. But, if she hadn't gone to Miami, she would never have met my dad, and I wouldn't be here, so...all works out in the end!
  • iggyboo93
    iggyboo93 Posts: 524 Member
    Lessons I learned from my mom:
    1. You can make a 5 meat course breakfast for the family if you get up early enough.
    2. Folding laundry to make it look like it was ironed takes practice. Lots and lots of practice...
    3. The National Inquirer is the only source of real news.
    4. Keep silent while your husband criticizes you for years and you will snap and then chase him around the yard with a Louisville Slugger - he scrambles onto the garage roof and you won't let him down for 3 hours (that was 20 years ago and mom's friends at church still laugh about this)
    5. If you pray hard enough, you will win the lottery.
    6. Red socks go with any outfit (yeah she is the only one who is more fashion disabled then me)
    7. You can never have enough Corelle plates and bowls purchased from garage sales for the past 25 years.
    8. Never mention a food you like to moms - we mentioned we loved her spaghetti - we ate spaghetti for 2 weeks straight - we don't love spaghetti anymore.
    9. Block off 3 hours to go to the Chinese Buffet. I went with my parents to a buffet. Dad and I went to a movie while mom stayed at the buffet. We returned after 2 hours and she was still eating. Her philosophy is to just wait 20 minutes and you'll be hungry again.
    10. Never go to bed before washing all the dishes - I'm still working on that...
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    My Mom taught me it is possible to be a disciplinarian AND a friend to her daughter. We didn't get along too well when I was a teenager, but we are pretty tight now.
  • tiggerhammon
    tiggerhammon Posts: 2,211 Member
    Thanks everyone :)
    I love reading all of these. Never tell a mother foods you like, huh? I will have to keep that one in mind for my own children and make sure I dont over do it :p
  • halflife1978
    halflife1978 Posts: 47 Member
    I'm sorry for your loss. My mother taught me the value of curiosity and that "I don't know" is not an admission of defeat but the beginning of finding out something new and interesting. I was a precocious kid with a million questions and she never was bothered with them. The answer to my constant "Why? Why? Why?" was "Let's find out." We must have gone to the library twice a week.

    When I was a teenager I thought that was OH SO LAME but now that I'm grown up I realize that I am just like her and I am very happy for that.
  • tiggerhammon
    tiggerhammon Posts: 2,211 Member
    This also is a lesson I would like to take away from this post.
    My daughter, now 7, asks 'who' 'when' 'why' 'where' 'what' 'when' 'how' ... all day long. Sometimes I indulge, but not always.
    I need to stop being too 'busy' to answer her.

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