Muthahood & The Winner!

AND THE WINNER OF THE YUMMY MUMMY BROWNIE PACK IS.........Amanda Fluet Arria

Congratulations!!

Thanks you all for participating in I Stopped Along The Way's very first contest. I really enjoyed receiving your emails, Facebook, and Twitter posts on the advice that your mom/grandmother had passed on to you. 


My mother has given me several good nuggets, I will share one with you. Originally this got passed down to her from her mother. She always gives me her advice in Portuguese so hopefully it'll translate properly.


"Don't spit up, it'll always hit you in the face"
In other words don't talk badly or judge someone. It will always come back to get you. I found myself testing this advice one day when I was at the market. I saw a little child rolling around and screaming. I spit up alright..."OMG If that were my child..."  Well, as I'm sure you can imagine the spit hit me in the face about a week later when my little lovely decided to pull a fit in the middle of the Verizon. Embarrased and ashamed, I learned my lesson.

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Here is some motherly advice submitted by YOU!!:


My mom told me that you can't do everything - you can try but something is gonna give. So, you can do everything, but just not well. - Stacey

Always wear comfortable shoes - Don

The last thing my mother always said when we left the house and how she signed notes to us was: "RWYA" Remember who you are. It was always in the back of my head when facing choices and helped guide me to make good choices (usually!)-PstLyDiva 

"The best advice that my grandmother gave me was to respect myself, act in a respectful manner, expect others to show you respect, do not accept disrespect and others will treat you respectfully! -Linda

The best advice my mom gave me was to put things away when I was done with them because if not I would just have to put them away later!  No one else was going to do it for me!!!" - Linda

The best advice I recieved was actually from my mother in law... when people are making your crazy in your life and there is no reasoning with these people (I think we all have a few of these people in our lives!) she tells me this old Sicilian saying that translates in English to "nod your head like a donkey!". basically you just nod and smile at these people and dont let them bother you, life is too short! - Amanda

When my parents dropped me off at college, as they left, my mother looked me straight in the eye and said, "Tommy, don't do anything stupid."- Tom

"Don't share the details of a fight you have with your husband with your mother.  She will remember how hurt and upset you are long after the fight is over and may think differently of the many you love and long since forgiven." - Lori

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And now some Funny Friday Humor

Yummy Mummy Pearls of Wisdom

It's hard to believe that April is almost over. Looking back at my calendar I noticed that it's been slightly over a month that I launched this blog. I hope that you've enjoyed stopping with me. In celebration of my "slightly over 1 month" blog birthday, and of Mother's Day which, dare I say is right around the corner, I Stopped Along The Way is having its first giveaway. SWEET!!!


Several years ago I had the opportunity to meet  Melissa Roiter, mother of triplets, entrepreneur, and owner of Yummy Mummy Brownies. Melissa bakes some of the most decadent delights. As a child, Melissa's mother owned and operated a catering business. Growing up Melissa helped her mother in her catering kitchen and learned cooking and baking techniques. During the summer Melissa would bake with her grandmother Irene, and it was then that she learned that she loved baking. The recipe that Melissa uses to create her Yummy Mummy Brownies was handed down from her grandmother. 


As I began thinking about Mother's Day, and my giveaway I was reminded how moms/grandmothers around the globe pass on a little bit of themselves to their children. Sometimes, like Melissa's grandmother, it is a recipe, other times its a  family heirloom, or simply a piece of advice. Has your mother passed on some words of wisdom to you? I'm sure she has. Let me know what they are and you may win a box of Yummy Mummy Brownies.


2 EASY STEPS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN:


1- Like I Stopped Along The Way on Facebook (simply click the Like icon ton this blog)


2- Tell me what the best piece of advice is that your mom/ grandmother has handed down to you.


If you are not on Facebook you can still be entered to win by simply following I Stopped Along The Way (simply click the follower icon on this blog) and leave your advice in the post a comment section.


Contest runs from April 26 thru May 5th
One winner will be randomly chosen to receive a Six Pack of Yummy Mummy Brownies(flavor of your choice $17.50 value)


Thank you Melissa for gifting a I Stopped Along The Way reader with a Yummy Mummy Brownie pack!! Click here to visit Yummy Mummy