From the newsletter, Women who Think Too Much, 2000
DAUGHTER, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. ALL WROTE ABOUT AGING, WITHOUT DISCUSSING IT WITH EACH OTHER.
A COINCIDENCE OR THE TWILIGHT ZONE?
THINGS I LEARNED THE HARD WAY
1. Johnson’s Stretch Mark Cream doesn’t really prevent or remove the one million stretch marks motherhood is bound to deliver, although it does keep each and every stretch mark incredibly soft!
2. When the man in your young life tells you that you’re much too pretty to wear make up, he’s really saying, “Go scrub your face or someone may actually take a second look at you!”
3. Never call your mother for a ride home, from the 24 hour Wal-Mart, because you locked your keys in the car. Not unless you want a lecture about shopping alone after midnight!
4. Don’t call your mother when she’s writing in Computerville; she won’t even remember the phone call!
5. If your mother is a writer, choose your words very carefully, because if she’s like my mother, she’ll hear a story in every syllable!
6. Never tell her she’s too old to have a life!
LOVE YA MOM, JODIE
TIME
An old woman
Sits by herself
Staring at her past
Arranged on a shelf.
Time is money
Or so they say
Time stands still
Then slips away.
A baby is born
His first sound
An angry cry,
A rose in bloom
is ready to die.
Time waits for no one
Then just marches on,
It goes by too fast
Then it takes too long.
by Jeanne Marie
THOUGHTS ON GROWING OLDER
With a smile on my face I meet the dawn
Tomorrow’s not here and yesterday’s gone.
I have just today to live my life
So I’ll try my best to keep out strife.
I’ll count my blessings, one at a time
And the first, and the best, is that
today is mine.
My youth has gone into the night
And old age is no longer a fright,
I face the mirror with eyes away
And don’t see the wrinkles or the hair
that’s gone gray.
I only see the life within
Greeting this old face with a grin,
I say “Old girl, you’ve tried your best,
so relax, and let God handle the rest.”
by Grace (my Mom)
So beautifully written.
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Thank you so much!❤
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Momma’s and daughters and babies and being a Momma is something a man will never understand but OH they are the ones that help make you that so Hats off to the Men that make us Mommas and then babies that keep us on our knees! OH yes Bring on the babies! I love you JM
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Love you too!
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So true!
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OH yes we do our best to keep out of strife ! Sometimes it’s avoidable but with grace you have handled it all. I’m happy to call you friend and an example of grace in LOVE. You my friend are a Momma that loves her babies regardless and I love that and respect that about you! Happy Mother’s Day early! I love this sweet photo of your Momma! ❤
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Thank you! And it is through that very love that I have made so many mistakes. Love is not always the answer or the cure, but I do love them, so very much. XO
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Ditto! You are so precious. XO
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XO ty JM
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I love my babies but in the past I have not always made the best choices. That’s hard to accept. It’s also hard to forgive, but your respect makes me feel better. Thank you.
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Yes that is true but we are wiser I think!:)
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Yes, hindsight is so wonderful💜💛💚💙
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