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The Three Most Important Life Lessons My Mother Taught Me
Thank you mom
Merry Christmas!
One of the struggles I have as an adult is deciding what to give my Mom for Christmas.
If I’m being honest, after a certain age, most people have pretty much everything they need.
- New purse? My Mom has dozens.
- Kitchen appliances? Handled.
- Clothes? A full wardrobe.
So I’ve taken the coward’s way out and started to give the gift that never gets returned: Cold, hard cash.
As I was at the ATM calling my mom to confirm just what she wanted for Christmas (all the while withdrawing cash), she threw me a curveball that would turn into this very sentence. She just wanted me to write her something.
After all, personal gifts are worth more than gold.
So… here we are, and I welcome you to my Christmas gift:
The Three Most Important Life Lessons My Mother Taught Me
The squeaky wheel gets the grease
Growing up, I often heard my mom say, “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” At the time, this phrase made my mind race to those awful grocery carts with annoying wheels that squeaked like scared pigs…
