Mom School

and a couple of lessons I remember...

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This week, Justin Deming at Along the Hudson gave us the writing prompt of “proffered wisdom” for creating a story or poem in 50 words.

Here are two examples of proffered wisdom from my mom, my best teacher, in exactly 50 words each.

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I hobbled out to make the morning coffee,

Feeling old as dirt, every bone complaining.

We’ve survived another night! my mother said.

We’re still on our feet! We still have our wits!

And we have another day to do somebody some good.

So let’s get moving, kid! She was 96.

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My mama said, don’t correct people,

even when they’re absolutely wrong!

It’s not your job to fix everyone, she said,

or make everything perfect.

Mind your own damn business, sweetheart!  

I know it’s tough to keep our mouths shut sometimes,

but peace is almost always more precious than being right.

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