Thank you Mom......

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<p>I think that we all were given advice from our parents. And yes, most of it was stupid, not of “our” time and showed us how out of touch our parents were.</p>

<p>So…despite the fact that my parents died 15 years ago, I have to say it: Mom (and sometimes Dad) you were right.</p>

<p>Among the pieces of advice: If you don’t know the bathroom at a public venue…pop a squat (sorry.) Touch nothing in the bathroom directly. Ok…girls and I do that.</p>

<p>NEVER go out in public without lipstick on. My mom meant always look ok. (The fact that I ran into a department store and immediately met two friends AND some of my future dil’s best family friends…I was wearing work out clothes…not the best look.</p>

<p>When traveling and you don’t know the kitchen…order cooked vegetables. Mr. Ellebud lost 2 days of a vacation when he ordered veal (yuck) chop. I told him it smelled funky…but did he listen? No. Oh, and when he got food poisoning from eating bambi…I wasn’t assisting.</p>

<p>Read the newspaper everyday. </p>

<p>My family rolls their eyes when I give some advice. Heard from my son today. He started with, “Mom…you were right…”</p>

<p>So, in my mother’s honor I say, “Mom…you were right far more than wrong. I am sorry for my rolled eyes.”</p>

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<p>Very nice post…</p>

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<p>Love it… I’m hoping to hear the same from my boys some day, but I’m not holding my breath.</p>

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<p>Aww, me too! I did recognize my Mom was ALWAYS right before she died though. My husband and I would always wonder WWMD? What would MOM do?</p>

<p>I miss her a lot. Hopefully, my children will recognize that I inherited her wisdom sooner or later…</p>

<p>Sometimes I even get a thank you now!</p>

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<p>S#2, who has always been the more private one and kept us a little more at arms distance, actually ASKED me to HELP his GF as she navigates the grad school process. I was honored… and floored. I guess we do know something after all.</p>

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<p>One of my favorites was from my dad. He would always say “This, too, shall pass.”</p>

<p>And he was right!</p>

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<p>Hmm. My dad’s most repeated advice (which I didn’t follow) was “It’s just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as with a poor one.” Maybe he was right…but I’m not passing it on to my kids.</p>

<p>His best advice, which I did follow, was to say, when told about a kid’s minor physical complaint, “Give it three days, then let me know how it is.” I never heard back. Of course this requires some expertise in separating the minor from the major!</p>

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<p>Likes…</p>

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<p>MommaJ,
I give my kids that same advice! Can’t begin to tell you how many doctor visits it saved us!</p>

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<p>My mom’s wisdom came from what she did, not what she said. She fell in love with my dad and married him quick–closing in on 70 years. She wanted me to “wait and see” (we’re 35 years now). I ignored her initial advice but she knew I was right.</p>

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<p>My mother was strict. She didn’t put up with any nonsense from her four daughters. It was hard to be the one with the most rules , but I understand it all now that I have daughters of my own. She had a lot of criticism and a lot of respect simultaneously from other parents.
I can’t say I always took her parenting advice when my girls were newborns to toddlers. This was a generational thing…hers was one that let the baby " cry it out " , spanked to teach the basics like not touching things, clean your plate. etc…</p>