Have you ever met someone who always has a reason they can’t make the move or pursue the goal they’ve always talked about? It could be that they’re too busy at work, or the kids have a lot going on right now, the holidays are “crazy” – you name it. There’s always an excuse. But …
When things got really bad in our lives, Momma would say, “This, too, shall pass.” She didn’t use it for the small things in life. Just the really bad, dark stuff when life was kicking us in the stomach. I think Momma got the saying from an Ann Landers column, though it apparently has much, …
Momma taught me to reject fear from an early age. “Fear is a useless emotion,” she used to say. Which is ironic because she was famously afraid of the dark, as well as the prospect of someone breaking into our home. Consequently, there were always bottles on our first-floor window sills to act as a …
When I was a teenager, I had my heart set on a Ford Bronco. All the cool kids had them (this is Texas, after all), and it was a decade or so before the Bronco would become synonymous with a certain low-speed chase. I thought all that stood between me and self-actualization were the keys …
My mom and I loved to spend mornings together. I’ve always loved sunrises, and so did she, so mornings were our special time to talk about our problems, challenges and whatever was going on in our lives. She even put a “thinking bench” outside the family house so we could sit there together, visit, and …
My Momma was a rebel. She refused to “go along to get along” and compared people who do that to cattle, because they just follow each other around, nose to ass. “Don’t be cattle,” she would say. “If you’re too lazy to think for yourself, you’re just following the ass in front of you straight …
My Momma, Sandy May, wore a Mickey Mouse watch, and it wasn’t because she was a huge Disney fan. She wore it, she said, to remind her to keep her problems in perspective. Most of the problems we face are “Mickey Mouse problems,” she said – what today we would call “first-world problems.” A dead …
It’s been a month and a half since my book was published, and in that time I’ve noticed that a few recurring questions arise when I discuss my writing journey with friends, family and fellow readers. Here’s a rundown of the most common inquiries about the experience, answered from the heart, just like Momma taught …
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Told with the tough-love you’d expect from the powerhouse litigator daughter of a Southern mom, “Wisdom from Momma: Anecdotes and Euphemisms from a True Texas Lady” provides important life lessons with signature Texan wit and charm. Entrepreneur, lawyer and motivational speaker Michelle May O’Neil published “Wisdom from Momma” as both a guidebook from, and homage …
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