Wisdom
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Family & Relatives
Older doesn’t always mean wiser, my grandfather once said. Sometimes it just means older.
advice
Western Mysticism
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Personal Growth Spiritual
It’s much easier, he told me, if you like the parts you like & you like the parts you don’t like. Is that some Eastern thing? I said & he said not really since he was from Idaho & it worked there just fine.
Vale of Tears
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Uncategorized
collecting little mementos to prove her theory that this is a vale of tears & my advice is you damn well better stay out of her way
Transparent
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Uncategorized
I try not to lie on days I didn’t get enough sleep, my sister told me. It feels good just to be transparent.
Tightrope
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Inspirational Mother's Day
Most people she never tells about the tightrope because she doesn’t want to listen to their helpful comments from the ground.
Practical Advice
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Humor & Whimsy
doesn’t usually advise eating chocolate for breakfast unless you’re absolutely convinced that’s the kind of advice you need
Knowing Right
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Personal Growth
I’m not so good at taking my own advice, she said, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know what’s right.
Hindsight (father)
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Children & Parenting Family & Relatives
I didn’t listen to him because he was my father & wouldn’t know anything until I was much older.
Hindsight (mother)
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Children & Parenting Family & Relatives Mother's Day
I didn’t listen to her because she was my mother & wouldn’t know anything until I was much older.
Best of Times
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Family & Relatives Friends & Neighbors Inspirational Personal Growth
I’d like to leave you with something valuable, she said. You probably already have, I said, but we take most of our lives to remember that, even in the best of times