You don’t owe me a thing. Live your life as you will. I will always love you.


18, 21



Parent the way you want your children to behave. Compassion, patience. Loving.


1, 2, 3, 4



Go on a cruise


12-15



When you apologize don’t offer excuses just acknowledge your mistake, apologize for the consequences, and assure them it won’t happen again.


12, 16, 21



Practice sitting still and quiet. Make it a game. Helps with focus and impulsivity.


4-7



Go out of your way to part on good terms whenever possible, in all circumstances.


18



Some days it feels like your world is falling apart, but what's really happening is that it's falling into place. Make good choices. Be kind. Be brave. Trust.


15, 21



“Just because you think it doesn’t mean it’s true. Your brain’s a little b*^tch and likes to lie to you.” -Elyse Myers


13, 21



Your great-great grandmother was a seamstress at Marshall Fields. Her husband was a firefighter in Chicago. The immigrated from County Wexford in Ireland.


10



Numbing doesn’t work. Let it hurt, let it heal, then it lets itself go.


15,21



Rain, snow or sleet...Always return the shopping cart to the proper spot in the parking lot.


17



We’re born full of love. Life is about choosing where you want to put it. -xo


15, 19, 21



“You will use up everything you got trying to give people what they want.” —- Nina Simone


17



Let’s find an activity where you can work with your hands


11



Give them marshmallows to suck on when they get a sore throat. Takes away the pain!


3,4,5,6



Everything not saved will be lost. This is true for documents in Word and in life.


16



Sometimes procrastination is part of the process. Eventually though, doing the thing is easier than stressing over it or hiding from it.


10. 12, 15, 21



My favorite Chinese food order is chicken Kung Pao, shrimp fried rice and beef lo mein. That way we all get a little of each meat.


16



Be on the lookout for people who are not included and reach out. There was a girl in my 8th grade class who was pregnant. Nobody talked to her, including me. Looking back, I regret that deeply. How scared and alone she must have been. She could have used a friend. I wish I would have asked her to sit by me at lunch or talked to her about homework or something.


11-13



Pour energy into what’s right with you and see what happens.


20, 21



Compete for the last meatball at Sunday dinner: Biggest burp, telling the best story, finished vegetables first, etc.


5



• you can't make anyone love you • not every relationship is meant to last forever • sometimes two good people can make one bad relationship.


16-20



Yes, push yourself and see how far / fast / high you can go (physically, academically, etc.) But remember, you have nothing to prove to anyone except yourself.


14, 17, 21



No bragging. Don’t toot your own horn.


11, 15, 21



Read The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig.


4



Kindness is magic.


11, 15, 21



You don’t have to have everything you want. Practice saying “no thank you” to dessert or passing on the purchase you’re considering. Benefits are plentiful: Build self-discipline (which is like a muscle) and you learn you’re really ok and often happier when you don’t indulge a “want.”


13, 15, 21



Stop before you descend too far into the pain. Let yourself be loved. Rest. Eat. Shower. Breath. Sweat. Sing.


10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21



Create tech-free zones and times.


10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 21



“Anger is a wonderful catalyst but a terrible companion.” - Brene Brown


15, 21