Mother always said
It’s wrong to touch a hot stove
Cause it might burn me
©2017 Annette Rochelle Aben
Mother always said
It’s wrong to touch a hot stove
Cause it might burn me
©2017 Annette Rochelle Aben
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But I had to do it anyway!
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Ah yes, my brother from another mother…
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Your mother was right, Annette.
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Shh… don’t tell her, but I agree. (ha-ha)
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Hopefully she wasn’t speaking from experience! 🙂
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Probably. Mom was a rather headstrong child, with 12 older brothers and sisters who all tried to be her mother.
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Wow, that was a large family! She might not have had a minute to herself to try it! 🙂
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That’s a really good take… but this is one example that we mostly only learn by experience…
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Sad but true. Sad but true.
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Yep!!
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A childhood warning for good reason well captured in haiku Annette.
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Thank you, sir
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Good advice from your mom. 😉
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Very true and I did listen to her, even though I am certain she watched me grow up believing I never heard a word she said… lol
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Unfortunately, I often tried to figure things out for myself. Ouch! 😉
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