Motherwise Cracks

An Ounce of Prevention… Raise in praise! Come out of the COMA. It’s time for another cliché revival. Taking learning from another’s sordid past into the good heavens. Today, my children, we will learn about “saving grace” and how it is yours for the taking. Alleluia! C – Cliché – An Ounce of Prevention is [...]

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Being “carded” is usually something teen-types brag about behind their parents’ backs. (Using a fake ID to sneak into a bar or something.) Well, I was carded and I got stung. Being about $100 in debt to me, my daughter said the check was “in the mail.” When I got it, it was a combination [...]

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I don’t know why, but my girls can still order my son around. He is over 6 foot tall and almost a black belt in karate but he still will get the glass of water or the item in the basement. He never complains. (The kid is too good natured for his own good.) On [...]

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We want good relationships with out kids. We want them to come to us and talk about life whether it’s when they are happy or disappointed. Lately, it seems like I am getting big gulps of the latter. Some bad luck has been in the stars around and am I hearing about it. I love [...]

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Extra credit project. No need for movies tonight. Entertainment is provided. I have five teenagers at our home planning a Spanish project that they will act out. The script is stilted and the props are makeshift, and they are cracking each other up so much that it’s hard to understand what language they are speaking. [...]

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Sometimes experience, even through observation, is the best teacher. The kids got a lesson – well, quite a few really, today. In line with me today at the convenience store, where it’s supposed to be a fast in and out, a lady in line to buy lottery tickets couldn’t remember what her husband wanted when [...]

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