WCHL and Chapelboro asked the community to submit their favorite mom-isms in time for Mother’s Day weekend.  Below, we have listed some of the entries that were submitted.

 

  • “You Make A Better Door Than You Do A Window.”
  • “If you can’t say anything nice to someone, don’t say anything at all.”
  •  “Don’t go outside in the cold with wet hair, you’ll catch a cold!”
  • “Many hands make light work!”
  • “It’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it!”
  • “Call your mother, she worries!”
  • “It’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it!”
  • “Someday you can get your own house and make your own rules, but as long as you’re under my roof: my house, my rules.”
  • She used to get her phrases mixed up. My favorite is “A hand in the bush is worth two in the woods.” She also said “She knows who breads her butter” and “Don’t cut off your face to spite your nose.”
  • “It’s not rocket surgery.”
  • “Just wait young lady until your Daddy gets home!!”
  • “Don’t do anything you wouldn’t want your grandchildren to know about.”
  • “Don’t do what I say, do what I mean!”
  • “Don’t hit your mother or your hand will stick up in the Red Sea.” (She swears her grandmother always said it but she has no idea what it means–and she was surprised to learn that no one else ever says it!)
  • “A day is what you make it.”
  • “True leaders are those who accomplish things when no one is watching. (And don’t expect public adulation).”
  • “Brush your teeth, do your homework, and practice your piano! Anything worthwhile takes a lot of hard work.”
  • “Don’t ever go to the garden with bug spray in one hand and Roundup in the other.”
  • “If you two choose to fight, I neither expect nor want survivors.”
  • “Eat your fruits and vegetables, oh and eat your  grains too.”
  • “I’ve got eyes in the back of my head. “
  • “I birthed you child.  I know everything.“
  • “It’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it!”
  • “Don’t go outside in the cold with wet hair, you’ll catch a cold!”
  • “Excuse the piggy, the hog’s out walking!”