Grownups in my life never pulled punches
me, being me, took the
opposite position
Followed friends everywhere !
nary a one of them
jumped off a bridge
Made distorted faces ?
never did my face
do the ugly freeze
Cried if I spilled a glass of milk ?
confess that one
befuddled me
Spoke with with my mouth full ?
thus perfecting
my enunciation
Placed all my eggs in one basket ?
I did, obviously
for the Easter Bunny
Silence was never golden !
it was a dark, creepy
very scary place
Ignorance was never bliss !
algebra teacher, Mr. Hedgecock
flunked me, twice
Discovered money does grow on trees !
when I saw $20 dollar bills covering
a cardboard Anniversary Tree
Oh, I heard all those too! It never occurred to me to tell them to my own kids though. Except talking with food in their mouths. Since their father worked in the emergency health field, he was concerned with choking. Cute about the money tree!
ReplyDeleteOutstanding reflection on / rejection of all those oldies, Helen. Well done!
ReplyDeleteActions speak louder than words and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. You've covered all bases, so it must be time to call it a day!
ReplyDeleteDearest Helen,
ReplyDeleteYep, those are the hoops that life makes us all jump through!
Like it or not...!
But indeed, the hardest one is burning certain bridges and MOVE ON!
There always will come new ones to cross.
Hugs,
Mariette
Ha. Take that, all you old doom-sayers!
ReplyDeleteI remember my grandparents saying all of that and more! I did believe the one about pulling faces, but I made up for it as an adult!
ReplyDeleteMy folks had plenty of their own sayings too. I can admit they were right about some things, but pretty off on others.
ReplyDeleteburning all the bridges
ReplyDeleteis the solution
they've all gone
never to return
Loved the way you handles these colloquialisms Helen. :)
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