Mother's Wisdom

Reflecting on Mother’s Day, I am struck by the wisdom and advice of the mother-figures in our lives. Some of it is truly wise and important, some hysterically funny, some head-scratchingly odd. Although my mother is no longer with me, I’d like to share some of the things she shared with me in the hopes you’ll find the same joy and wisdom I’ve been blessed with . . . as well as what she might have added.
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• "If you substitute Haddad’s seasoned tahini for unseasoned tahini, you end up with green hummus." (This is useful information!)
• “You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.”  (However, she didn’t tell me you sometimes need to douse the wasps of life with vinegar.)
• “What goes around comes around.”  (She never mentioned how circuitous the route—and that it might not reach its destination. EVER!)
• “You have to kiss a lot of Toads before you find the Prince.” (But she never told me that the Prince can also turn into a Toad!)
• “Pretty is as pretty does.” (She either didn’t know the mind of teenage boys or knew it all too well, which is why she emphasized the “pretty does” part.)

To honor the mother-figures in your life, I’d love to hear the wise and/or humorous sayings from those who acted as mothers for you.
 

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