Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgements.

Sunday, 9 May 2010

for my daughters. on mothers day.

aka things I wish my mother had said to me.

Be strong. Be intelligent. Smile.
Know that beauty has everything to do with how you feel about yourself and nothing to do with looks or other people's opinions.
Never do anything just because everyone else is, if you believe it's wrong.
Always be true to yourself.

Expect the best from life and that's what you'll get.
Learn from your mistakes and failures.
Believe in what you believe.
Love and trust and be compassionate.

Make faces. Play in mud puddles. Take bubble baths.
Turn off all the lights and watch lightening storms.
Laugh, cry, and sing when you want to.
Read everything you can get your hands on.
Stand up for what is right even if you stand alone.
Don't allow yourself or people around you to tolerate prejudices of any kind.

Don't be afraid to try something new.
Do something active at least once a week.
Run through snow drifts.
Spin in circles and roll down hills.

Pet puppies, hold kittens, and talk to babies.
Take afternoon naps. Stay up to watch the sunrise.
Never apologize for being yourself.
Never forget that I love you more than any other person in the world, no matter how far apart we are you will always be my daughter."

Author Unknown

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very nice!

RYC - A lot of the moms I have on facebook were celebrating their 1st mothers day and it's my 9th,it really did make me feel old lol. Funny thing is that they're all sooo much older than me haha! I forgot it was your birthday, man I suck! Well happy late Birthday!!! 25, yikes! You're just a geezer now LOL! (In a bit over a month I will be too lol!)

Anonymous said...

I sent you an e-mail invite (to the one I have on my MSN messenger - hope that still good?). The link is http://raising3boyz.blogspot.com .

There comes a point in your life when you realise who matters, who never did, who won't anymore and who always will. So don't worry about people from your past, there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future ♥


The word God is, for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this. -- Einstein

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