“Work - get paid; don't work - don't get paid. Everybody is on commission, .. Try not coming to work for six weeks. Work gets paid; don't work, don't get paid. When they earn those dollars, and when you're 4, and you clean up your room, it really means mom cleaned up the room and you did two toys. When you're 14, it means you cleaned up your room. But still, we got the money caused by work, and then, we have teachable moments on how to handle the money they earn.” TryingMeanStillsTwoMomentsRoomsWeekMomSixPaidDollarsCleanHandleToysReally MeanCleanlinessYour RoomTeachableTeachable Moments Author:Dave Ramsey
“So why you pushin' it? Why you lyin' for? I know where you live, I know your folks, you was a sucka as a kid. Your persona's drama that you acquired in high school in actin' class, Your whole aura is plexiglass. What's-her-face told me you shot this kid last week in the park; That's a lie, you was in church with your moms.” KnowsWholeKidsSchoolLastsFacesLyingChurchClassWeekMomDramaHigh SchoolShotsFolksHip HopRapParksPersonaYour MomAurasWhere You Live Author:O.C.
“Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I'm a good friend or not a good friend. I'm more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That's just life, whether or not you're public.” WeekMomMonthsMatesGood FriendDays Of The WeekGood Mom Author:Amy Grant
“Oh, for that remarkable and complex economy of motherhood. Those back and forth generosities-where one day a mom ferries the kids to the swim meet, or a mom takes your kid off to the movies while you're sick with the flu. And the next week after baseball you have all the kids sleep over. Not to mention the friend with whom you freely have the throw-your-hands-in-the-air-I-surrender discussions of how to manage any of it.” KidsSleepEconomyWeekMomOne DayBaseballSickMotherhoodManageDiscussionRemarkableSwim Author:Victoria Redel
“I've always loved music. I wasn't one of those "composing since I was five" kids, but I was definitely involved with music since I was that age - singing in musicals and taking lessons. Lots of lessons! Singing, dancing, acting, drums set. My mom pretty much had a full-time job carting me all over town six days a week.” KidsAgeJobsActingFiveWeekMomInvolvedLessonsSixSingingTownsDancingMy MomComposingFull Time JobsSinging Dancing Author:Jason Graves
“My sister and I would race on the weekends. It was a way for my sister, my mom and me to spend time with my dad. He worked all week and worked a lot so it was a great way for us to spend time as a family and have fun.” WayFunRaceWeekMomDadMy DadMy MomHaving FunWeekendMy SisterEnd TimesSpend Time Author:Danica Patrick
“I'm the only person in my family who can't sing. My grandmother was an opera singer and all of her kids were in church five days a week - or between church and vocal lessons at Carnegie Hall. But my mom had her first studio experience recording on my album. She's used to having to fill the room, so she had to adjust to the microphone and not sing opera.” FirstsPersonsKidsUsedChurchRoomsFiveWeekMomLessonsMy FamilyAlbumsStudiosMy MomSingersGrandmotherHallsOperaMy GrandmotherVocalMicrophonesCarnegieOpera SingersCarnegie Hall Author:Le1f
“My mom was a manic depressive schizophrenic who, after a year in prison, went home and shot herself. My sister, Kirsten, an amazing poet, who was raised by this woman, and was dating a guy who broke up with her for the fourth time in three weeks. And one day, she came to his house, got a gun, and blew her brains out all over his headboard. I just went through a divorce, five years in court and cost me $2 million dollars. If anyone, by law, should be forced to take antidepressants it's me... But instead, I choose to be an antidepressant. And you can take me with alcohol.” IfsShouldYearsHomeLawGuyThreeHouseBrainMillionsFiveWeekPoetMomOne DayCostGunShotsDatingCourtDollarsPrisonRaisedMy MomDivorceAlcoholBrokeFive YearsTake MeMy SisterFourthMillion DollarsManicBroke UpSchizophrenicDepressiveAntidepressants Author:Christopher Titus
“My grandpa could go days, weeks, even months without a drink but if he took that first drink, he couldn't stop. Once, when I was twelve, my mom and I were driving and we saw my grandpa staggering drunk down the street. I asked if we should stop and help him. My mom sadly shook her head and kept driving.” IfsShouldFirstsHelpingSawsWeekStreetsMomMonthsDrinkMy MomDrivingDrunkTwelveGrandpaStaggering Author:Brian Lindstrom
“I know my mom said as early as she can remember letting me watch TV, my one treat a week when I was like 6 was to stay up and watch 'Saturday Night Live.'” KnowsSaidRememberNightWatchesWeekTvsMomTreatsMy MomSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night Live Author:Rashida Jones
“My mom didn't adhere to any of those typical rules. She woke us up for school every morning, and was there at dinner or would call at bedtime. She never left for longer than a week. She recorded while we were sleeping.” SchoolLeftSleepMorningWeekMomMy MomDinnerEvery MorningTypicalBedtime Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“We're our kids' first and best role models. So the first question is, what are you as a mom or a dad doing every day, or every week, to start getting into the good habits?” FirstsKidsRolesWeekMomHabitDadModelsRole ModelsGood Habits Author:Michelle Obama
“I ask you, how would you like your mom, your wife, your daughter to spend $100,000 to go to Harvard or some state school, and go out into the workplace, and you know she's great, and men are getting paid $200 per week more than her? Would that piss you off? What if you lost your job and you stay home crippled while she goes out, and she thinks she's going to get a good job, but someone male with the same level of experience and the same level of education gets paid more than her? You're going to get pissed. Until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes, I don't want to hear it.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWantStatesHomeSchoolJobsAsksLostWalksLevelsWifeWeekLike YouMomDaughterPaidMalesShoesMilesWhat IfWorkplaceGood JobHarvardYour MomOur DaughterCrippledYour Daughter Author:Pam Grier
“My mom would spend a week in jail. She would spend a day in jail here - a week again, a week and a half, two weeks. My grandmother tells me stories of how because I would be at the house, I wouldn't notice that my mom was gone because she would be at work sometimes. So it was just like time when my mom would be gone and my grandma would tell me she'll be back. And nobody knew where anybody was.” TwoSometimesStoriesWould BeHouseHalfGoneWeekMomMy MomGrandmotherJailMy GrandmotherTwo WeeksGrandmaMy Grandma Author:Trevor Noah
“I might sound crazy about this but, years ago, my mom told me: "We almost died when you were born. Both of us." I was a Caesarean baby, and the doctor who delivered me later told me, "I opened your mother up, and you were right there. It freaked me out because everything was broken and out-there." I've thought about it a lot - could this have something to do with the fact that I'm only happy when I'm at home and alone? Maybe I was just freaking out for two weeks before I was born, feeling really insecure.” FeelingsHomeMotherWeekCrazyBrokenBabyMomMy MomInsecureDoctor Who Author:Fiona Apple