Naleighna Kai's Literary Cafe Magazine May - Mother's Day Issue | Page 58

Their Mot
her’s Wisdom
Chevonne Eason Frasier Don’t lose the dime! I was told to keep a dime between my knees
in high school to make calls if I needed to on the pay phone. If you lost the dime, you were
doing something you ain’t have no business doing. LOL.
Candy Jackson: Just because I stayed married 50 years, doesn’t mean you have too. That co-
sign blessed my ENTIRE life.
Phontonia Belin Walter: To make sure I loved my husband because I wasn’t always gonna like
him
Wonderlyn Parker: Always treat people well as you never know who’s hands your children
may fall into
Kimberly Perdue-S ims: It was my grandmother. She said always keep your house clean. Your
living room so if someone pops over they have someplace to sit; your kitchen because they
always want a drink of water; your bathroom because they always want to use it. This is when
I got my first place 40 years ago.
Nicole A-me: My mother said: 1) do not be weary in well-doing. 2) have a job that allows you
to command your income 3) get your behind off your shoulders 4) always have toilet paper
in the bathroom because people are going to wipe with something. (My grandmother told
my mother that, my mother told me)
Michelle Newell: “You’ll know when you’ve had enough.” Truer words were never spoken.
Lynette Shelton: Every word spoken to you does not warrant a reply.
Hush up sometimes. Silence.
Gayle Jackson Sloan: Manners will get you what money won’t.
Catherine Marshall: Only two people can keep a secret
providing one is dead.