Mother's Advice

Growing up my mom always shared this wise advice with us...

You can laugh or you can cry, but people will like you better if you laugh.

Sister Hinckley said it like this...

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.

I would like to ammend it to say...

You can laugh or you can cry and shout...but you will be a better mom if you laugh!

I have learned that being a mom certainly provides plenty of opportunities to cry and many different occassions in which shouting seems permissable...but my kids do better, my husband does better, and I do better when we laugh it off.

Now, that is not to say that there are times that we need to correct, teach and have consequences....

But I do believe in mercy.

I believe in teaching WITHOUT yelling as often as possible.

I believe in giving hugs afterwards.

I believe that sometimes it is just a stage they are going through.

And I believe in remembering moments...

Afterall- Elder Neal A. Maxwell said...

"Moments are the molecules that make up eternity."