1.Mom???s Lesson: I was 2 years old. I remember this like it was yesterday. She asked me to go wake my 7 year old brother, Johnny up. So, I toddle into his room. ???Johnny wake up.??? Nothing. He has a Mickey Mouse Alarm clock sitting on his night stand. Ok. Alarm clock is supposed to wake brother up. I took the alarm clock and ???whack??? right on the head. He Screams. Mom comes running in. I???m still holding the alarm clock, ???giggling???. She asks, ???What happened???? I say, ???I woke him up.??? It was a VERY long time before she sent me in to wake him up again.

2.Daddy???s Lesson: I was about 7 years old. Me and my brother had done something to get ourselves in trouble enough to warrant a spanking. Daddy didn???t have a belt on, so he sent us to the closet to pick out a belt. Johnny picked out a nice sturdy leather belt. I waited until he was done. I couldn???t stop giggling after he left the closet, I had already spotted the one I wanted. A Nice Safe CLOTH belt hidden in the back. Johnny took his licks first. I kept the belt hidden behind my back the entire time. Trying to look scared or at the very least worried. Apparently, I did well, because after he was done with Johnny, he looked at me and said, ???Well, what did you bring me???? I brought the belt out from behind my back, it falling limply over my hand. Johnny, gasped. I looked sheepish. And Daddy, he burst out laughing so hard. I did not get a spanking. Never did find THAT belt again though. LOL

3.My Lesson: Don???t mess with Grandma! Growing up out in the country we often times had Mamaw around to watch over us. She loved us fiercely, but she was a mean old bird. If we stepped out of line, she???d spank us with whatever she could get her hands on. One day she didn???t have anything on hand, so she told us to go pick a switch. I got the bright idea to get the branch off of a weeping willow tree. Folks I do NOT suggest this. OUCH! She caught me on the back of the knees 1 time. That???s all it took. I will remember the sting for the rest of my life. She laughed at that one. I danced around for an hour doing the ???this stings like crap dance???. My lesson??? Don???t mess with Grandma!

4.Johnny???s Lesson: My brother likes to sleep??? a lot! I???ve come up with a tons of ways to wake him up over the years. Banging pots and pans over his head, telling him Mom???s on the phone, Singing ???They???re coming to Take me Away?

1.Never make your Mother angry while she???s brushing your hair.

2.An Enemy is just a Friend who doesn???t Know the Real You.

3.My cure for Acrophobia: Bungee Jumping & Roller Coasters

4.Never take a Coulrophobic to the Circus.

5.If you are planning on running through the house, make sure the glass door is open.

6.Be nice to those who are harsh with you. The nicer you are, the harder it is for them to be mean to you. Also, you don???t know what they are going through.

7.Believe in yourself, because if you don???t, why should anyone else?

8.Beauty is only skin deep.

9.You can find something positive in ANY situation. Sometimes you just have to look a little harder.

10.You are beautiful. You may not see it, but someone does.

11.Friendship is special and fragile. Don???t abuse it, nurture it. Treat your friends as you would family and you will never lose them.

12.Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. (The Golden Rule!)

13.You shouldn???t take life too seriously, you???ll never get out alive.

14.To me the glass is neither Half-Full or Half-Empty, it is filled with liquid. And if poured on someone, they would be wet! Ha!

15.Live today as if tomorrow will never come.

16.What does not kill you will only make you stronger.

17.If you love someone, tell them often, you never know when they won???t be there anymore.