Best advice you ever got.

-From my mom: Let your husband be right (even if he isn't)

-From my aunt Joanna: You can never have too many towels.

-From my grandfather: Never trust anyone who smiles ALL the time; They're either stupid or selling something.




What about you guys?

 

From W.C. Fields:

Can't cheat an honest man.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Never smartten up a chump.

 

As far as raising children: Enjoy it now because it all flies by so fast.

That makes me think about when the twins started kindergarten last month. I had left the twins in their classroom with forced smiles and reassurances, and once I was safely out of sight, I made my way down the hallway in tears. However, I was determined to keep myself busy as I can't tell you how many times I cried during the summer awaiting this day. I wanted to be strong.

So I was doing well until I went to the grocery store. Now why, you might ask, would the grocery store cause a breakdown? Well, as I was waiting in line to check-out, the song "Your Song" started playing over the loudspeaker of the store. This was the song I sang to the twins many a sleepless night while rocking them in my arms.

That was all it took. I started bawling. The cashier looked alarmed and asked me if I was alright, and I told her yes (between sobs) that my babies had started their first day of school. She offered her sympathy, told me how she remembered when her kids had first started school and how hard it had been too.

An older man waiting behind me patted my shoulder and said that he could remember his kids starting their first day of school as well, and then before he turned around, they were starting their first day of college. He said "you're going to be okay, just enjoy this time now, because it goes by so fast".

I remember being told that so many times when I was pregnant, when the kids were infants, toddlers, and so on. It never really sunk in until I began to see firsthand just how right those people are, and here I am, still in the early parts of my journey. I know when they grow up and I'm looking back, it will seem like only yesterday to me. It really is flying by, which is why I try to enjoy it all, and not sweat the small stuff if I can.

As far as life: No matter how bad things may seem at the time, there is always someone who is worse off than you are. Look for the silver lining in every cloud.

 

Best advice I ever received was from myself and that is... Laugh, it's all you can do.

 

love all trust no one.

 

Love many
trust few
always paddle your own canoe

 

'Don't believe everything you read in the papers' - my dad

 

From my dad: "now would be a good time to stop talking"

 

anything worth having is worth working for

 

Never give advice it could come back to bite you in the ass. Just share how you dealt with a similar experience.

 

buddy: "stop talking to yourself your freaking me out"

me: "K"

 

"Always remember, it's just a drug, it will wear off in a few hours."

 

Be prepared, When I am I'm the happyist smugist lad about when I'm not it just show's me the importance of being prepared.

 

Dont worry about things that arent happening.

My mom: Talking is easy and it doesnt mean anything if what you do contradicts what you say.

 

Don't use up all your beans

 

No can be a positive word.

 

My dad on suicide: "It's down the side walk, not across the street."

 

but what if you want to go down the side walk then cross the street?

 

from my brother, about boys: "never settle"


(meaning don't settle for less than you deserve)

 

I guess you'll just bleed faster.