Things My Mama Taught Me
The Golden Rule. How to tie my shoes (a second wrap never hurts a knot).
Always write a thank you note.
Work on it; file it, or throw it away.
You might get by not making your bed in your own house, but don't you dare do that anywhere else!
- Thank you, Donna Green
Don't fuss about - do something about it.
- Donna Green, submitted by Ronnie Green
You need to sweep off your own door step before you can take the broom to your neighbors.
- Janelle Gregg
If you let them grow up, they’ll bite you - children and alligators. - Marjorie Reynolds, submitted by Forrest Reynolds House guests are like fish - they start to smell after a few days!
- Patricia Green, submitted by Brice Ward
When visiting, never take the last of anything.
- Patsy Fisk, submitted by Jerry Fisk, Master Bladesmith and National Living Treasure, who tells the following story of his mother:
"My mom bless her heart did her best to raise us boys up as well as she could. We could not afford to eat out. Dad made $1.65 per hour. Five boys. So on occasions mom would make us all dress up, she would cook something special and she would wait on us at the table so we could pretend we were eating out so that she could teach us our proper table manners. We did not have enough flat wear to go around so two at a time had to use the flat wear so we could learn."