• My Mother taught me LOGIC...
  "If you fall off that swing and break your neck, you can't go to the store with me."
• My Mother taught me MEDICINE...
  "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they're going to freeze that way."
• My Mother taught me TO THINK AHEAD...
  "If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job!"
• My Mother taught me ESP...
  "Put your sweater on; don't you think that I know when you're cold?"
• My Mother taught me TO MEET A CHALLENGE...
  "What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you...Don't talk back to me!"
• My Mother taught me HUMOR...
  "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
• My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT...
  "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.
• My mother taught me ABOUT SEX...
  "How do you think you got here?"
• My mother taught me about GENETICS...
  "You are just like your father!"
• My mother taught me about my ROOTS...
  "Do you think you were born in a barn?"
• My mother taught me about the WISDOM of AGE...
  "When you get to be my age, you will understand."
• My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION...
  "Just wait until your father gets home."
• My mother taught me about RECEIVING...
  "You are going to get it when we get home."
• And my all time favorite thing- JUSTICE...
  "One day you will have kids, and I hope they turn out just like YOU..then you'll see what it's like."