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


20, 21



Try silence. Just sit with it (problem/feeling/etc.) invite the problem to sit next to you and just be quiet. Five minutes every day for a week or two. Your solution will appear. Stop running and just sit with it.


16



Golf lessons this year. Your grandpa loved golf. He tried to teach me when he first got sick, and those are some of my best memories of him. Great way to get fresh air and exercise too.


11



Compassion: Acting with love when faced with another’s suffering.


16



Practice your signature


13



Harm springs from excess.


12



This! Your energy is beautiful and precious. Don’t waste it on people who are $@!#% bent on negativity. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRxcJWem/


16



You can be angry. But you can’t drive while angry or talk to a child or work, or do anything dangerous when you’re angry.


15, 20



I want you to remember that for the first three years of your life I couldn’t take a poop without you on my lap. So there will be no shirking hugs from Mom now that you’re a teenager. xoxo


14



When you’re at home in your own skin you invite people to be at home in theirs too.


14, 20



No matter how successful you become you’re still expected to act with integrity and respect.


14, 18, 21



Stay put, don’t wonder if lost when we hike.


2, 3, 5



Put a few drops of tea tree oil in their shampoo bottle to keep lice at bay. If there’s a outbreak at school, add more. (Or spritz their hair with a tea tree oil solution.)


5-7



It’s very difficult to pull off sarcasm in written form. It does not translate.


15



Be a good guest. Never arrive to a dinner or a party empty handed. Bring a gift: flowers, food, drink, etc.


18



It’s okay to take a beat, a pause before you answer: “Hold on, let me think about how this is going to work...” I’ve seen a lot of mistakes or loss of confidence in an employee because they just blurted out a guess or starting off in the wrong direction only to have to go back- just because the plan hadn’t been thought through. It only takes a minute.


15, 18, 20



Enjoy your success but don’t flaunt it.


21



Always keep a can of WD-40 in the house.


21



Kids Can Make a Difference is a great resource for teaching little kids about poverty and equality.


6-10



Make a Shutterfly book for each year and give it to them on their birthday.


5-18



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


17



I’m going to keep from telling them how to feel.


4-18



Some books you loved when you were a toddler: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Horton Hatches an Egg, Room on the Broom, Gruffalo.


2-4



Make sure they have resources other than us. Hotlines for teens such as Boys Town National Hotline, National $@!#% Prevention Lifeline, etc.


12



Give book "50 Things Every Young Lady Should Know" by Kay West.


14



The next world is perfect and permanent. This world is neither, so save yourself the stress of trying to make things perfect (house, job, body, relationships, bank account, etc.) Embrace the impermanence by cherishing the good times. Know that the bad times won’t last. Remember that you are loved very much, and that God will shower you with the grace you need to handle whatever this imperfect life throws at you.


21



I once asked my mom if my grandmother (her mother in law) was rich. Her reply: “No, but she likes to think she is.” I think she meant my grandmother spent money like she had plenty of it when she really did not. Can relate. I hope you do better!


14, 21



Help him write a letter to someone in power if he has a question or concern about something he sees going on in the world.


7-11



Girls: does he put in the effort even when it’s inconvenient or uncomfortable for him?


16, 20, 21



Remember that your tend to act like/ think like the people you hang around most. Choose your friends (and your spouse) wisely.


10, 14, 21