• I’m going to give you until the count of three… 1… 2… 2 and a half… 2 and three quarters.
• I don’t care who started it, I said stop!
• I don’t have to explain myself. I said no.
• I can’t believe you can sleep in this filth!
• Am I talking to a brick wall?
• Are you deaf or something?
• As long as you live under my roof, you’ll do as I say.
• Call me when you get there, just so I know you’re okay.
• Did you brush your teeth?
• Do you think your socks are going to pick themselves up?
• Don’t go out with a wet head, you’ll catch cold.
• Don’t sit too close to the television; it’ll ruin your eyes.
• Eat your vegetables; they’re good for you.
• Going to a party? Who’s going to be there?
• I didn’t ask who put it there; I said “Pick it up!”
• I hope someday you have children just like you.
• I’m doing this for your own good.
• I’m not your cleaning lady!
• Look at me when I’m talking to you.
• Money does NOT grow on trees.
• Put that down! You don’t know where it’s been!
• Watch your mouth!
• What did I say the FIRST time?
• What part of NO don’t you understand?
• When I was a little girl…
• When I was young we had respect for our elders!
• Who died and left you boss?
• Who taught you THAT? You didn’t learn that in this house!
• You can’t find it? Well, if you’d put things where they belonged, you wouldn’t have this problem.
• You won’t be happy until you break that, will you?
• Your father is going to hear about this when HE gets home!
• Some day you will thank me for this. SMACK!!!
• If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all
• How can you have nothing to wear? Your closet is full of clothes!
• Don’t use that tone with me!

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. – Jewish Proverb

Home is where your Mom is. – Unknown

Sweater, n.:  garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.  ~Ambrose Bierce

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes. – Robert Frost

 The first time you truly appreciate Mother’s Day will be the first time you spend it without one. -  Linda Poindexter

Bearing a child makes you a mother or father;
Rearing a child makes you a mom or dad,

Understanding a child makes you a great parent.

Deep—and not so deep—inside most parents is the hope that they did a good job raising their children. I certainly include myself on that list. And when you get a sign that you have done so, there is no greater gift a parent can receive on Mother’s or Father’s Day. Here is such a gift that I received several years ago from my eldest daughter. What made it particularly special is that it didn’t occur on Father’s Day.

Hi Dad,

Last night I was walking around Manhattan as I often do with my friends talking about how confused we felt about our futures. And as frequently happens I said, “My dad said…” and as always happens, it made the conversation considerably better. I don’t know how many of my friends can say the same about their fathers. I am so lucky to have such a wise dad, even if he does live 3,000 miles away. See you in a few weeks.

Love, Lauren

I wouldn’t sell that note for a million bucks. And no matter how bad a day is, or how rude or annoying people are to me, or how little positive feedback I receive, I know that I matter—because there’s a piece of paper I carry in my wallet that says so.*

If you want to let your dad know that he matters, send a similar note to him this Father’s Day.

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