Every day wherever we are in the world. Susan calls her mom. She always has.
Today when she called Mom was having coffee with some other seniors in her new assisted living home. That may not seem unusual to you but Susan was amazed. Her mom has never taken a coffee break and has also never spent time in her neighbor's home. Why? Because 80 years ago when mom was 10 her mother had told her that only lazy people take coffee breaks and only gossips visit in their neighbors' homes to talk about other people. What interests me is how much our lives are shaped by what our parents teach us. Whether it was good advice or bad is not the issue. Rather that it has stuck for 80 years. Sometimes we parents wonder if what we are saying and doing makes any difference. I think it makes more of an impact than we realize. Both the good and the not so good.
Barry
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