Remember when you were growing up and your mother had all those little sayings that drove you crazy? Remember how you said you’d never torture your own kids by repeating them? Haha…I’ve turned into my mother!
1. Always wear clean underwear - I think this is pretty self-explanatory, and even though it made me mad when she said, I mean really, why wouldn’t I wear clean underwear – when you have kids, you understand as a mom, you have to say this!
2. I don’t care what so-so is allowed to, I care about you - Oh yeah, have myself two teenage boys, I’m using this one a lot lately!
3. Don’t burn your bridges - Didn’t make much sense to me when I was ten – now I know better.
4. Don’t make that face, it might freeze that way - We know this isn’t actually true, but who can resist saying it when the kids are making those nasty faces.
5. Don’t assume - gotcha. Assuming only makes an ass out of u and me!
6. Never leave the house without your smile.
and later…
7. Never leave the house with lipstick on your smile. – I’m a firm believer (as mother is) that even with no other make-up on your face, that little bit of color on your lips can perk up your face!
8. Look for the positive - I try, I try (really!)
9. Blood is thicker than water - This is a tough one when you don’t always get along with your siblings. But I’ve found that I this is one thing I’ve been pounding into my boys since they were pretty young. Twenty-six months apart, I’ve always maintained this motto. I don’t care if you wrestle to the ground and hate each other at home, but when you’re out – no matter what – you’ve got your brother’s back, you are a united front against the world. Because at the end of the day, you can make a new friend, you forever only have one brother. (Wow, that’s a little preachy for a T13, sorry about that 
) **Sidenote, my oldest is a special needs child. This summer at a barbecue he was being harrassed by a relative close his own age. My other son jumped right into the fray and stood between his brother and cousin, put up his hand and said “back-off” – Made me proud!
10. No friends in the house when I’m not home - Teenagers, alone in my house without parental supervision – Nope. Not here.
11. Be yourself - Really? This is hard to here when you’re a kid struggling to fit in. But it’s true.
12. Tell your father it was on sale - Hmmm, I learned at a young age shopping was the best way to reduce stress and Mom always found some great deals…Dad usually didn’t agree.
13. Because I said so. – Oh the horror of it all. Do I even have to publicly admit that I use this one? Geez, bad mother…
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