Things I Have Learned

Microwaving socks to warm them up is not a good idea

Teenagers physically require more sleep


Nothing is accomplished by using bad language, especially for a woman


You may not be able to choose anything else, but you can choose your attitude


Self pity is one of Satan's most effective tools


If you don't make time for friends you will lose them


If you want to feel good when you get older you have to exercise and eat right

Marriage is even better after 50

The less you try to manipulate situations, the quicker they correct themselves

People will always, ALWAY'S disappoint you , but no more than you have disappointed them

There are people who are only happy if they have a crisis going on in there life and therefore they create them

Don't drink a half jar of honey because you have heard that honey helps boost your immune system and you have been exposed to the stomach flu or you will never touch the stuff again as long as you live

Most people that you say you don't like, you find out you really do once you get to know them

A habit does not form in 21 days, for 21 days you choose to do something and then if you wake up and choose not to do it, the habit is "over"

Nothing is more peaceful than having a baby fall asleep in your arms

No one thinks alike, not even members of the same family, and that's OK

The happiest people are those who don't let the small things bother them

Snot nose teenagers grow up to be your very best friends

Husband's become "cool guy" when they are around other men, and laughing about it with the other wives is the antidote, not to make them stop, but helps you still like them after you go home

You can hold on to hurtful things that people say to you, but why would you want to?

Kids sports can bring out the best in parents and the worst in parents

When you read that fennel seed helps with indigestion, you should check and see if the grocery store sells a small bottle before you order five pounds from the internet

Mother's become more precious with age

It's not what you do through the day that makes you tired, it's what you didn't do that you should have

If it won't matter six months from now, it don't matter

The things you dread the most usually turn out to be no big deal

A walk in the snow, especially a woodsy area, is well worth the effort - and take your camera

It takes many many years to learn who you are and even more to learn to be yourself

True heroes very seldom get any recognition

When your kids grow up, you will forget what all you did for them and only be able to remember the things you didn't do - and they will assure you they remember what all you did and don't remember what you didn't

"A son is a son until he takes a wife, but a daughter is a daughter for the rest of her life", is a stupid saying and one that scares mothers with only son's and is absolutely NOT TRUE!

You remember and celebrate all the little milestones of your grandchildren's lives even more than you did with your children because you have more time

You need to read the Old Testament in order to fully grasp the New Testament

Worrying about and trying to live according to what other people think is a sure fire way to be miserable

And finally, if you are surrounded by people who love you, no matter what else your circumstances, you have been given the biggest blessing that God could ever give