Quotes Mom Loved!

1.  You can't change the cards you are dealt, just how you play the hand.  

(Sometimes we want to change our situation in life.  There are some things we can and should change, but there are also things we can't and really shouldn't change.  It takes great faith to accept where we are and what we have, but we are usually blessed by learning to deal with what we have.)

2.  I won the parent lottery.  

(I want to change that to - I won the kids lottery.  Especially after being together with all of our daughters at Time Out For Women, dad and I talked a lot about how blessed we really are to have the daughters we have.  You are each wonderful, accomplished, caring, loving, giving individuals.  You'll never know the depth of love we have for you individually, and when you times that by 5, the depth of love and gratitude we have for you as our family group.  You are really a big part of what makes our lives happy and worthwhile.  We love you.)

3.  Self-esteem is finding out how to do something you didn't think you could do.
4.  The Dutch Uncle - always tells you the way it really is.
5.  Just because something's dented - it doesn't necessarily need to be fixed.  Not everything needs to be fixed.
6.  Time must be managed - plan ahead - (HOORAY FOR LISTS!!!)
7.  Spend time on the right things.
8.  Don't worry about what other people think.
9.  Look for the best in everybody.
10.  If you want the best - don't take shortcuts - work hard.
11.  Never give up.
12.  Be charitable, be optimistic, be grateful.