Fifty Things I Have Learned From Others
From My Kids
1. To not give up
2. To try again (This is different than #1)...
3. To apologize about small things
4. To have fun
5. To not miss important lessons at Church
6. To bake lots of cookies and ignore how many disappear
7. Its ok to cry as much as you need till you are better
8. You don’t have to work all the time
9. Do laundry EVERY DAY
10. To be nice and help clean their rooms
11. To keep their important stuff safe for them
12. Vacations can be anywhere and don’t have to cost
13. Be with the people you are with (fully engage)
14. TV is unnecessary for survival
15. Cell phones are important communication tools
16. I don’t have to know everything
17. I am always there mom and they always need a constant
18. I am not perfect
19. I am the perfect mother for them
20. Cinnamon buns are some of the best retained memories
21. Shoes in summer are not important
22. You can never have too many stuffies
23. You will outgrow your stuffies
24. Modelling is just as important when they are adults
25. Your children are the best reason to continue to enjoy life
From My parents
26. Be hospitable
27. Make grocery money
28. Go to church
29. Take care of your kids
30. Help your neighbors
31. Bite your tongue
32. Get married
33. Try not to use credit
34. Go to funerals
35. Take your kids to funerals
36. Take care of your vehicle
37. Don’t marry the first person you fall in love with…hmmm
38. Write letters
39. Say thank you
40. Keep in contact with relatives
ELSEWHERE
41. People aren’t the problem the problem is
42. Rethink processes
43. Forgiveness in indispensable in real life
44. Grace is not limited
45. Yourself is the hardest person to forgive
46. You can wear someone else shoes
47. Know yourself – then others
48. God laughs with you, cries with you
49. God is not the author of our messes
50. God doesn’t give up on us…
From My Kids
1. To not give up
2. To try again (This is different than #1)...
3. To apologize about small things
4. To have fun
5. To not miss important lessons at Church
6. To bake lots of cookies and ignore how many disappear
7. Its ok to cry as much as you need till you are better
8. You don’t have to work all the time
9. Do laundry EVERY DAY
10. To be nice and help clean their rooms
11. To keep their important stuff safe for them
12. Vacations can be anywhere and don’t have to cost
13. Be with the people you are with (fully engage)
14. TV is unnecessary for survival
15. Cell phones are important communication tools
16. I don’t have to know everything
17. I am always there mom and they always need a constant
18. I am not perfect
19. I am the perfect mother for them
20. Cinnamon buns are some of the best retained memories
21. Shoes in summer are not important
22. You can never have too many stuffies
23. You will outgrow your stuffies
24. Modelling is just as important when they are adults
25. Your children are the best reason to continue to enjoy life
From My parents
26. Be hospitable
27. Make grocery money
28. Go to church
29. Take care of your kids
30. Help your neighbors
31. Bite your tongue
32. Get married
33. Try not to use credit
34. Go to funerals
35. Take your kids to funerals
36. Take care of your vehicle
37. Don’t marry the first person you fall in love with…hmmm
38. Write letters
39. Say thank you
40. Keep in contact with relatives
ELSEWHERE
41. People aren’t the problem the problem is
42. Rethink processes
43. Forgiveness in indispensable in real life
44. Grace is not limited
45. Yourself is the hardest person to forgive
46. You can wear someone else shoes
47. Know yourself – then others
48. God laughs with you, cries with you
49. God is not the author of our messes
50. God doesn’t give up on us…
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