Mother's Rules (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/272025-Mothers-Rules When you are old enough to begin scheduling your life, take December out of the calender. Don't plan your annual physical check-up for December. Don't buy a car that must be registered in December. Don't have a baby in December. This may require planning. Some things are repeated every six months. Don't schedule you semi-anual den...[Read Full Post] Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:53:51 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/474457 We have to do lots of mundane and ordinary things to get through life. Washing dishes, mowing the yard, and putting gas in the car are necessary. Mostly, I don't like to do them. I have to. The problem comes when I let the mundane and ordinary things possess me to the point that I don't attend to the exotic and unique happenings of the so...[Read Full Post] Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:07:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/261127 It is true that experience is the best teacher. However, if you have any sense at all, there is another rule that should be attached to that: You can learn from the experience of others. When you see another person take drugs, or walk in front of a car, or lose the rent on a bet, you might figure out that they should not have done that and thay you sh...[Read Full Post] Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:27:08 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/192959 When you have a baby that is about a month old, you will find that all those people who said they wanted to help you went home. This baby may be sweet and soft and charming sometimes, but then there are the nights that it wants to stay awake and it wants you to stay awake, too. Maybe it's hungry, or mad, or sick. Or maybe it just doesn't like ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:19:30 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/192957 Don't get married if you can do anthing else. If education or a career or travel satisfy your yearning for adventure or excitement, don't consider marriage. If your goal is weath or accomplishment, avoid marriage. If you crave prestige or political power, don't consider marriage. Reserve marriage for the time when nothing else satisfies. ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 17 May 2009 17:44:43 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/180862 The next verse after the one about giving thanks says "Don't quench the Spirit." I take that to mean that griping and complaining about the situation is equivalent to pouring water on the fire that warms me. Thanking God releases His Spirit to work on my behalf. I sure want to release Him to help me when I am in dire trouble, pain, or fina...[Read Full Post] Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:43:14 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/145554 The Bible says to give thanks anyhow. In all situations, in everything. Sometimes I have a hard time with that. It takes the sting out of it a little to remember that you give thanks when you are in the situation, not necessarily for it. You give thanks that God will help you. You give thanks that you lived over it. Or that you can die in His grace...[Read Full Post] Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:36:57 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/145552 Sometimes I have been in somewhat desperate straits and made this statement: "Things can't get any worse than this." Actually, things can always get worse. And by the way they usually do (see rule #4). When the situation goes down hill, I usually wonder why I thought it was bad to start with....[Read Full Post] Fri, 07 Dec 2001 21:55:28 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/137143 Life is hard. There are a sayings that are supposed to cheer you up and make you feel better. One of them says "Cheer up! It could be worse." Well, I cheered up and it got worse. But somewhere in the process I got better. (Remember: situations get worse.) I learned that I can love people. If you love people you will get hurt, but that is ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 07 Dec 2001 21:57:48 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/135986 When I have a problem, I assume that there is a lesson to be learned by the time I find the solution. I ask God to help me and He does. Later, if the same problem occurs, I remind God that we have already done this before. He replies, "Yes, but there was more to the lesson. This is like wringing the water from a towel. Sometimes it takes an ext...[Read Full Post] Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:59:15 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/134353 Old codgers are tough. Old biddies are too. Do not underestimate the power, intellect, authority, widsom, or tenacity of old people. They got old by being tough. It might be of benefit to ask questions, listen and observe their habits. Sat, 10 Nov 2001 01:10:02 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/132497 Sometimes tough things happen in life. They may be things that are unpleasant to deal with. The tendency in the animal kingdom is to avoid pain, suffering and even unpleasantness. Humans follow that rule. Some of the tough things that happen teach lessons that can only be learned through experience. Those lessons may include how to stand up to a...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 Nov 2001 13:41:51 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/131318 Children are prone to strange and undiagnosable ailments. These conditions do not have a name and are treated symptomatically. That means if they have a headache, you give an aspirin or Tylenol. These conditions may manafest themselves in the middle of the night, preferably in a storm. They are recurrent. There is no clue as to the origin of the pro...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 Nov 2001 13:12:15 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/131305 I have always heard that if you are patient things will get better. That is a lie. Things get worse everyday. The second law of thermodynamics says that in a closed system matter is moving from a state of order to a state of disorder. Without new energy the universe will end in a rotten mess. In everyday life that happens too. The government gets m...[Read Full Post] Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:33:19 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/131021 Rule 2 said that life is hard and gets harder. It's true, but that should not be a negative life truth. It gets harder like school gets harder. Does anybody really want to face the demands of adult life with only the resources of a first grader? The saving grace here is that you get better. You learn a lesson and adapt to a situation and grow. ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:34:09 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/130815 Life is hard. It begins in pain and screaming and stays that way. View life like school. The things you learn help in the tasks you face, but the tasks are geared to the ability and resources you have. The more you learn the more difficult the test. A senior has a different test and faces a different standard that a first grader. Life is hard to st...[Read Full Post] Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:27:18 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/130814 It is a portentous sign to know the names of a great many medical specialists. Most of these names do not come to us through casual social contact. They generally come from referrals from other doctors who could not diagnose or treat your condition. When your family doctor says, "I've never seen a break like this in a child. Who is your favor...[Read Full Post] Fri, 09 Nov 2001 16:02:47 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/130779