Mom’s Rules
For those of you who read my earlier post you may be interested in following up on How To Write a Eulogy for your Mother. I’ve decided to post Mom’s rules. She always wanted to be published. Here is her her opportunity. Posthumously.
Mom’s Rules
- Always be kind. If you can’t say something nice then don’t say anything. Especially to your mother.
- Help other people whenever you can. Even if they don’t ask. Figure out what you can do and just do it.
- Eat together as a family, EVERYDAY. Everything and everyone else can wait.
- Clean your plate. Someone worked hard to buy and prepare that food. This means don’t wast what you have or take more than you need.
- Be in by curfew. (I’m not sure what would have happened after 11 PM but I did know I didn’t want to find out.)
- Always send Thank You notes. E-mails definitely DO NOT count.
- Work hard. No excuses
- Make your bed every morning and never leave dirty dishes in the sink. (I think this is for the same reason you always wear clean underwear when you leave the house.)
- Don’t swear – regardless how old you are.( no matter how many times your baby brother kicks you climbing around in the car (before seat belts) ) There are always more appropriate words to use.
- If you are going to pout or cry go to your room. No one wants to see it.
- Always give your kids a middle name so they will know when you really mean business.
- Be a true friend. (My mom and her best friends were friends for 54 years. In all that time I only remember one minor tiff and they patched it up and moved on. They called each other every day. That was TRUE friendship)
- Be honest.
- Learn to forgive.
- And last but not least – Call your mother. Or as she would always say as we were leaving “Call your Mom”.
All good words to live by.