My own grandmother went to great lengths to make sure I knew simple things like how and when to open the door for a lady. And the best thing my mama taught me was to pray.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.
My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.
My grandmother died when my mother was just 11 years old, and consequently, my mother never learned how to cook particularly well.
My mother can certainly be rough around the edges at times, but she also taught me to have compassion for people who have been wronged. She taught me to empathize with those who have made mistakes.
My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that.
My grandmother can never really teach me anything because she skips steps.
Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows.
My mother taught us to play baseball, to bake a cake, to play fair - she beat the living daylights out of us sometimes, and she loved us with all her heart; she taught her favorite poets, and there is no child care in the world that will ever be a substitute for what that lady was in our life.
My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order.
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