Carpe Mater's DiemMake it sweeeeet!

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Carpe Mater's Diem!
Sieze Mother's Day!
Ask for her advice.
Even consider it.
She'll be thrilled!
because
giving advice
= I love you.

What's the sweetest gift you can give your mother? I've been a grown daughter of a loving mother and I'm now the loving mother of grown daughters and I KNOW the answer. Read on, it's easy.

In a beautiful mother's day card, write:

~~~~~~~

Dear Mom,

Please let me take you to lunch (or dinner) and give me at least 30 minutes of your advice and wisdom about anything you like. I promise to listen, take notes and consider it fully later on. And I promise to appreciate the love in your suggestions with all my heart.

~~~~~~~

It doesn't matter how unpleasantly she may have learned to express it; once she's gone, no one will ever love you quite as sincerely or dearly again. A mother's advice is only love, no matter what it looks like, it's just love.

- Lollie

My Prescription For Embarrassment

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My prescription for embarrassment:
Take two Tabloids with a grain of salt!

We all get embarrassed from time to time. If you've learned to giggle and let it go, that's great. And if you haven't, then take this prescription. Or if for example, your best friend got really embarrassed and she's miserable, put this wallpaper up on her desktop and place two or three tabloids on her desk in front of the computer, maybe with a note that says I love you and I can testify with certainty that anyone who looks down on you is an idiot standing on their head. :))

You might also tell them about the time I went to a ranch and asked if I could take pictures of some of their bulls. They suggested the huge angus, but the light was perfect on the Brehmer bull, I'd just shoot him for a bit. I began taking pictures and I hear the cowboys behind me laughing their heads off. I say inside my mind "You boys go ahead and laugh, I'm getting my pictures and that's all I care about."

It wasn't till I got home that I discovered something I should have known..... Not all brehmers are bulls -- that beautiful brehmer bull I was taking pictures of in the slanting afternoon sun was a Brehmer COW with a brehmer calf. All alone in front of the computer screen I blushed crimson and laaaaaughed till I nearly cried. I wonder if I'll ever go back. I suppose I must. Good grief! Bwaaaahahahhaaaaahahaa aha aha ahem.....

- Lollie

The Four to One Rule

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When upset, it's easy to believe we're completely in the right and the other person is completely in the wrong.

However, the odds are 4 to 1 against it, especially in conflicts with friends, coworkers and family members. See the possibilities on the wallpaper and below.

Either:

• You are 100% right, they are 100% wrong.
• They are 100% right, you are 100% wrong.
• You are both partly right and partly wrong.
• You are both right.
• You are both wrong. (this is my favorite! lol)

So whenever you're in conflict, remember,

the odds are 4 to 1 against

you being the only one in the right.

- Lollie

Truth...

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I took this picture with my trusty old Nikon 3mp 880 back in 2001.

The text on the wallpaper says:

Truth isn't only black or white.

It's grays, plaids, and polka-dots too.

Why, if God is to be believed,

many truths are brilliant.

A lily, lit by a setting sun, reminded me of one:

Things don't have to last forever to be beautiful.

- Lollie